Vertical structuring of the word formation eld of compound terms (On the material of the Russian and German clinical terminology)
Compound terms correspond to the criteria of compounds to a di erent degree, which allows the author to consider them as a fuzzy set, structured from the perspective of the eld approach. Word formation elds of Russian and German clinical compound terms are structured in accordance with the di erent compliance degree of terms with compound criteria. The research objective is to structure the word formation elds of Russian and German compound terms vertically. The research material constitutes samples of 1545 Russian and 2882 German clinical compound terms. In the course of study, the qualitative-quantitative analysis of terms has been carried out and the compounds’ compliance degree with the criteria of the compound words has been established within the interval of [0; 1]. Compounds which fully comply with all criteria form the core of the eld. Terms with the compliance degree less than 0,3 are identi ed as word groups. The interval [0,3; 1) contains word complexes, which belong to the fuzzy composite set to a larger or smaller degree, and which belong to di erent segments of the eld depending on the set of criteria. The results are the following: the core of the eld of Russian terms consists of 91,5% of all compounds, the core of the eld of German terms - 73,4% of terms. In the circumnuclear area in the eld of the Russian terms 2,8% of compounds are located, in the eld of the German terms - 23,8% of all compounds. The border-line segment between the core and the periphery of the eld of the Russian terms consists of 4,1% of all terms, in the eld of the German terms - 2,4% of compounds. The periphery is represented by an insigni cant number of compounds in both elds. The obtained results allow the author to draw the conclusion that the general structure of the elds of the Russian and German terms is almost identical (large core segment and small periphery), but some di erences have been detected; for instance, in the core segment of the eld of the Russian terms the core is dominant while in the eld of the German terms the circumnuclear area is extensive. Some di erences are also noted in the structure of the periphery.