MODERN TERMINOLOGY FORMATION IN THE OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY
The article examines the stages of the modern terminology formation in the oil and gas industry. Author has studied various points of view of scientists on the formulation of the “term” concept and determined the difference between the concepts of “terminology” and “terminology system”. The study of linguistic material contributed to the detection of units of various categorical groups in the modern Russian terminological system. Chronological and semantic markers in the linguistic characteristics of the units of the terminological field made it possible to establish the time interval of the appearance of a unit in the Russian language system and its attribution to a particular industry nomination and to highlight the main periods in the process of the formation of the terminology of the oil and gas industry, the description of which is supported by linguistic material. The paper describes for the first time the main processes of the development of the terminology of the oil and gas industry at each stage and describes the trends in the formation of the industry terminology system in the newest period of the development of the Russian language