THE SYSTEMIC NATURE OF TERMS: A CASE STUDY OF ENGLISH LEGAL AND POLITICAL TERMS

Abstract

The article deals with the thesis concerning the systemic nature of termstaking English terminologies of law and politics as examples. This thesis is studied by analyzing such phenomena as the interdependence of terms, the implementation of genus-species relations as well as the relations of synonymy and antonymy. As a result of the analysis, it was established that genus-species relations that are widely represented within the terminologies of law and politics, as well as developed synonymy and relations of opposition,confirm the thesis concerning the systemic structure of the terminology. It is emphasized that chainsof synonyms have a certain length and antonymic relationsare expressed both morphologically and lexically. The material for the study includes legal and political terms of the English language extracted from authoritative lexicographic sources, i. e. specialized dictionaries.