The comparative analysis of English and Russian ecological vocabulary

Abstract

The aim of the present study was to compare English and Russian ecological vocabulary. Currently a lot of environmental researches occur all over the world. Thus, both in the English and Russian languages now there is a great amount of specialized vocabulary denoting different environmental aspects. English and Russian ecological vocabulary develops and broadens its functions, being applied both in scientific and social branches. Therefore, the lexico-semantic field ECOLOGY with its core and peripheral groups is formed. In both languages the lexico-semantic field ECOLOGY mainly consists of terminological vocabulary. Commonly used lexical units enter into the composition of the core group only which together with the peripheral groups contains many compound terms and synonyms. It can be noted that in the Russian language there is the acquisition of highly specialized terms from the English language. In addition, the lexico-semantic field ECOLOGY is overlapped with the lexico-terminological fields of other sciences, such as biology and geography. In the present study the lexico-semantic field ECOLOGY, its core and peripheral groups were described in both languages and appropriate examples were given.