The Problem of the Commemorative Function of Eponymous Terms in Clinical Neurosciences-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

The Problem of the Commemorative Function of Eponymous Terms in Clinical Neurosciences

Published:2023-11-29 Issue:№3_2023 Volume:26 Page:99-107
ISSN:2074-1588
Container-title:Linguistics and Intercultural Communication
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Author:

Kovalenko Anna S.¹

Affiliation:

1. Lomonosov Moscow State University

Abstract

Eponymous terminology plays an important role in medicine: it is impossible to imagine an area of study in which there would not be used compound terms with an onomastic component or common nouns derived from onyms. Nevertheless, there is an ambiguous attitude towards eponymous terms in the scientific community. From the point of view of displaying linguistic and cultural-historical information, the most important function which is realized in the eponymous terms with an anthroponomic core is the commemorative function. The aim of this study is to analyze the commemorative function of the eponymous terms of clinical neurosciences (neurology and psychiatry). Practical material is taken from MedicineNet.com. During the study, using the method of continuous sampling, 155 eponymous terms were selected. The study made it possible to identify the following problems of the current state of the terminological system of neurology and psychiatry: the use of patients’ surnames as an eponymous component of the term along with the surnames of doctors; inaccuracy of information about the history of the study of diseases associated with the perpetuation in terms of the names of doctors who are not pioneers; the presence in the terminology of negatively colored onyms associated with the ideologists and accomplices of Nazism.

Publisher

Moscow University Press

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