Extent of binomials’ correlation in naval terminology
- DOI
- 10.5922/vestnikpsy-2026-2-3
- Pages
- 34-46
Abstract
The article addresses the issue of identifying the structural and semantic characteristics of naval terminology. The aim of the study is to examine objective and subjective methods for determining the degree of correlation between the components of naval binomials. The material for analysis consists of binomial units identified in educational, scientific, and reference literature used in naval higher education institutions, as well as in lecture texts by practitioner instructors. The criteria for selecting binomial units include thematic relevance and combinatory value. To achieve the stated objectives, the study employs the textological method (with extraction of the required lexemes based on specified identifiers), the method of distributional analysis, respondent surveys, and other approaches. The results of the experimental part of the study (a survey of bilinguals studying a language for specific purposes) confirm the high informative value of the subjective method, since the components of naval binomials named by respondents in their native language are, as a rule, semantically equivalent to the elements of Russian terminological units. The study of naval collocations, revealing stable lexical connections within the analyzed terminology, not only highlights the features of the professional vocabulary of naval personnel but also brings into focus methods for mastering a language for specific purposes.