Information on the thesis

The thesis is devoted to the research of term-vocabulary in the modern
Ukrainian newspaper text. The term-vocabulary is considered in two aspects:
structural-semantic and communicative-functional.
The content of the term “term-vocabulary” is deepened. This term has
considerably expanded its content and volume today. The specifics of its
functioning in the modern newspaper text are found out. The problems of linguistic
dynamism are substantiated, in particular, the processes of actualization, activation,
denotative-connotative reorientation, passivization of modern newspaper lexicon.
The consequences of the semantics evolution of term-lexeme out of bounds
the terminology field, which occurs in the determinologization process, are
outlined. The analysis of 2,755 term-lexeme, realized in mass-media contexts, is
made. 23 thematic groups are distinguished, within them lexico-semantic groups of
term-vocabulary with modified semantics and emotionally expressive coloring.
These include: military (aviation, naval), medical, sports (sports, martial arts,
chess, gambling), artistic (theatrical, circus, musical, choreographic,
cinematographic, artistic), culinary, natural, church and religious and theological,
financial-economic, technical (motor transport, road-building, electrical
engineering), domestic, architectural and constructional, physical, mathematical,
astronomical, pedagogical, historical, family-household, agrarian, literary,
linguistic, legal term-vocabulary.
The thematic range and frequency of the use of metaphors, created on the
basis of term-vocabulary, are established. In the language of modern press
metaphors are prevalent and they are associated with illness, sports game, cultural
and artistic arena, nature, culinary. Almost all metaphors in the newspaper text of
social and political direction fulfill the function of an expressive-estimated
pejorative characteristic. The complexity of the semantic structure of term-lexeme
through metonymy on the pages of the press is much less frequent than
metaphorization, however none of the publications doesn’t avoids this
phenomenon. The peculiarities of the morphological expression of semantically
modified term-vocabulary also are determined, frequency of semantic
modifications of nouns, adjectives, verbs and other parts of the language is
established.
The method of updating the modern newspaper lexicon with the help of
neo-lexeme as an integral element of the language of the press is demonstrated.
The attention is paid to expressive individual-authorial innovations –
occasionalisms. The main thematic groups of occasionalisms in the newspaper
texts of social and political direction are singled out. The most vivid language
features of the semantic and stylistic phenomenon of word games as a means of
expressing of the author’s language are revealed. The modeling of the graphic
game as a kind of game of language is traced. The general language innovations
are investigated, the permanent process of their appearance is considered and
analyzed, the typology of the innovative term-vocabulary in the newspaper
materials of social and political subjects is revealed.
Key words: term-vocabulary, newspaper text, innovation, actualization,
semantic transformation.