Terminological Variation in German Written Sports Discourse
The article deals with terminological variability in the German winter sports language. The paper considers several types of terminological variants in the German terminologies of curling, snowboarding and free skiing. The author explains the mechanism of orthographic, categorial, semantic variability and conceptual modification of terms within German sports discourse. The article closes with the conclusion that the study of various kinds of variability within the discourse context gives rise to the problem of terms recognition and understanding and can also have a practical implication for analysis and description of terminologies.