Terminological and determinological processes in modern word formation as exemplified by general medical vocabulary in the post-colonial media

Gudkova Olga V., Khimich Galina A.

The article deals with the historical process of the concept of "term" formation, its modern understanding, as well as two productive phenomena in the XXI century: terminologization and determinologization. The study analyzes the headlines of the three most popular newspapers in 2021: Kommersant, Izvestia, Rossiyskaya Gazeta. The study makes it possible to conclude on the causes, mechanics and main trends of terminologization and determinologization in the sphere of medicine, which occurred in 2021 - after the coronavirus pandemic.

Keywords:term, terminologisation, determinologisation, word meaning, newspaper headlines, media language.