"TERM" NOTION IN PROFESSIONAL SUBLANGUAGE
The article examines the notion “term” as an object of linguistic description for a professional sublanguage. Actually, there is no unified interpretation of term-formation process, the notion “term” is defined ambiguously and approaches to its study differ. This makes the problem relevant when studying the terminology of a certain branch of science. The author describes the current state of the problem putting an emphasis on such issues as linguistic nature of this phenomenon, tendencies in term-formation process and criteria for interpreting the term as a notion in the terminological system of a certain research area.