BEHAVIOUR IN THE TERMINOLOGICAL SYSTEMS OF ITALIAN AND ENGLISH LANGUAGES

Abstract

The main content of the article is a comparative analysis of the fundamental terms in the behavioral sciences. There are Italian (behaviorismo, comportamentismo) and English (behaviorism). The study of terminological variation, development and integration of terms in the language of science allows to analyze the scope of correspondence in the concepts of these terms in the compared languages. The main research emphasis is on the linguistic substance of terms expressing the category of behavioral relations. As a result of the study, it is found that the Italian language develops its own terminological apparatus in the behavioral sciences in the linguistic and cultural aspect. It is explained by linguistic and cultural factors in the formation of terms. The Italian terms have a key component with the meaning “act together” and “relations” component (attegiamento). The English term behaviorism nominates a way of conducting psychological or behavioral sciences. It has the potential to nominate new scientific disciplines in other linguistic cultures.