FORMAL LINGUISTIC COHERENCE OF THE GERMAN TERMINOLOGICAL SYSTEM IN STANDARDIZED LANGUAGE TESTING

Abstract

The article examines formal linguistic characteristics of the modern German terminological system of standardized language testing. Terms form terminological paradigms (simple and derivate terms, compounds, phrases) and nests of single-root terms. The structure and composition of terminological paradigms and nests reflect such features of the terminological system as the nomination of objects, processes and characteristics with terms of different parts of speech; a developed hierarchical structure based on vertical (subordination, partitive) and horizontal (gradation) relations; the prevalence of multi-compound terms over single-component terms; a more complex structure of terminological nests around core concepts compared with nests around peripheral concepts. The specifics of terms in the sphere of German standardized language testing lies in their similarity with general words (consubstantiality) related both to their form and meaning. The differentiation of terms and non-terms is carried out based on the connection with a special concept, manifested in the syntagmatic characteristics of terms.