COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF AMERICAN AND RUSSIAN AERONAUTONYMS

Abstract

The article is dedicated to the comparative analysis of American and Russian aeronautonyms (aircraft names), which refer to the constantly growing and actively used language material in professional speech. The official designation systems of aircraft are considered and the lexico-semantic analysis of the names of aircraft and helicopters of the USA and Russia is carried out. Attention is paid to registered aircraft operated in civil and military aviation. The author proposes an etymological classification of American and Russian aeronautonyms. The relevance of the study is due to the importance of a proper name in the process of intercultural and professional communication. The research material is selected from popular science texts, reference publications, Internet forums, and official data published on the websites of the Air Force and the US Department of Defense and Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation. More than 250 aircraft names are examined. As a result of the comparative analysis, conclusions are drawn about the differences and general trends in aircraft naming. The practical significance of the study is determined by the fact that its results can be useful to linguists studying the field of professional communication, terminologists, lexicographers in compiling dictionaries of proper names and aviation dictionaries, as well as students of aviation specialties.