SEMANTIC FEATURES OF OIL AND GAS TERMINOLOGY IN THE GERMAN LANGUAGE

Abstract:

The process of globalization in the modern world undoubtedly leads to the dynamic development of many areas of society. This process of modernization has also affected the oil and gas industry which is one of the most advanced industries today. The essential role of the oil industry in social, economic and political stability of the world community makes this area of science and technology a priority for research. The emergence of oil and gas terminology is inextricably linked with the development of the oil industry, with the theory and practice of search, exploration and development of oil and gas fields. The level of development of this branch of industrial production at the present stage largely determines the economic stability not only of our country, but also all over the world. During its formation the terminology system of the oil and gas field has passed a complex way, which is evidenced by the heterogeneous terms by time, sources and principles of nomination. Progressive changes in this field undoubtedly lead to the necessity of information collaboration between representatives of the world scientific and technical communities in different languages, including German. In this connection there is a demand for a comprehensive and complex study of the composition of terms in the modern German language in the oil and gas sphere, which determines the relevance of the research issue, because terms in the field of oil and gas can cause certain difficulties when translating specific elements into other languages. The objective of this paper is to research and analyze the semantic features of oil and gas terminology in German.

Keywords: oil and gas industry, oil and gas sphere, terms, terminology, oil, gas, the German language, semantic features of terms, synonymy, antonymy, polysemy, homonymy, paronymy, lexical semantics, lexis