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RUDN Journal of Language Studies, Semiotics and Semantics
2313-2299 (print), ISSN 2411-1236 (online)
Вестник Российского университета дружбы народов. Серия: ТЕОРИЯ ЯЗЫКА. СЕМИОТИКА. СЕМАНТИКА
2024 Vol. 15 No. 2 457-473
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DOI: 10.22363/2313-2299-2024-15-2-457-473 EDN: OLJZNY
UDC [811.161.1:811.581]'276.6:339
Research article / Научная статья
Peculiarities of Formation of the Term System of International Trade: Linguocultural and Ecolinguistic Aspects
Yuhan1, 2, Olesya V. Lazareva1 ) , Sergey A. Barov3 (E, Valeria T. Vered1 )
Abstract. The article discusses linguistic and cultural factors influencing the formation of Russian and Chinese terminology systems in the field of international trade. Associated with the inclusion of terms in the systems of Russian and Chinese languages trends are studied from the point of view of linguoculturology and linguoecology. The relevance of the work is determined by the practical need to establish similarities and differences between Russian and Chinese language terminological systems used within intercultural communication as part of economic (trade) relations. The purpose of the study is to identify linguocultural determinacy and dominants of linguoecology inherent in the differentiated Russian and Chinese terminological systems in the field of international trade. The factual material of the study was Russian and Chinese lexical units of international trade terminological systems (the sample contains more than 500 lexical units). In accordance with the results of the study, out of the total number of the terms examined, 36 % are Russian-language borrowed units adapted with the help of semantic calquing 9 %% out of 36 %); 64 % of units are borrowed with the use of transcription, out of which — transliteration 52 %) and other methods 12 %). Of the total number of Chinese terms considered, only 18 % are borrowings that, when entering the Chinese language, had undergone only phonetic and graphic types of adaptation; 29 % of the units are borrowed with the help of morphemic and semantic calquing and hybrids; 9 % are terms written in the Latin alphabet; upon that, 44 % of the units are native terms. In conclusion, the article suggests, that the terminological systems of international trade in the Russian and Chinese languages are influenced by conditions associated with the specifics of the languages themselves and with the mentality of the peoples of Russia and China, on the one hand, and with the processes of globalization, on the other hand.
Keywords: terminology system, international trade, Russian, Chinese, extralinguistic factors, linguoculturology, linguoecology
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1 RUDN University, Moscow, Russian Federation Inner Mongolia Normal University, Hohhot, People's Republic of China
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Received: 01.02.2024 Accepted: 15.02.2024
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Yuhan, Lazareva, O.V., Barov, S.A., Vered & V.T. (2024). Peculiarities. of Formation of the Term System of International Trade: Linguocultural and Ecolinguistic Aspects. RUDN Journal of Language Studies, Semiotics and Semantics, 15(2), 457-473. https://doi. org/10.22363/2313-2299-2024-15-2-457-473
Особенности формирования терминосистемы сферы международная торговля: лингвокультурологический и эколингвистический аспекты
Юйхань12 , О.В. Лазарева1 Е, С.А. Баров3 В.Т. Веред1 Е>
'Российский университет дружбы народов, Москва, Российская Федерация 2Педагогический университет Внутренней Монголии, Хух-Хото, Китайская Народная Республика
3Финансовый университет при Правительстве Российской Федерации, Москва,
Российская Федерация ЕЗ lazareva-ov@rudn.ru
Аннотация. На формирование русскоязычной и китайскоязычной терминосистем в сфере международной торговли влияют языковые и культурные факторы. Авторы рассматривают тенденции, определяющие терминологию русского и китайского языков, которые исследуются с точки зрения лингвокультурологии и эколингвистики. Актуальность работы связана с практической потребностью в установлении сходств и отличий русскоязычной и китайскоязычной терминосистем, используемых в рамках межкультурной коммуникации в области экономических (торговых) отношений. Цель заключается в выявлении лингвокультуроло-гической детерминированности и доминант, свойственных дифференцирующимся русскоязычной и китайскоязычной терминосистемам сферы международная торговля. Материалом исследования послужили русскоязычные и китайскоязычные лексические единицы терминосистем сферы международная торговля (выборка содержит более 500 лексических единиц). В соответствии с результатами исследования, в русскоязычном массиве терминов из общего числа 100 %) рассмотренных русскоязычных терминов 36 % составляют русскоязычные и адаптированные с помощью семантического калькирования заимствованные единицы 9 % из 36 %); 64 % единиц являются заимствованными с помощью транскрипции, из которых транслитерацией 52 %) и пр. способами 12 %). Из общего числа рассмотренных китайскоя-зычных терминов 100 %) — только 18 % составляют заимствования, которые при вхождении в китайский язык подверглись только фонетической и графической адаптации; 29 % единиц являются заимствованными с помощью морфемно-семантического калькирования, а также гибридами; 9 % составляют термины, записываемые латиницей; 44 % единиц — это исконные термины. В заключении авторы делают вывод о том, что на терминосистемы международной торговли русского и китайского языков влияют условия, сопряженные со спецификой самих языков и с менталитетом народов России и Китая, и с процессами глобализации.
Ключевые слова: терминосистема, международная торговля, русский язык, китайский язык, экстралингвистические факторы, лингвокультурология, эколингвистика
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Публикация выполнена в рамках грантовой поддержки научных проектов РУДН 124022500238-1 «Модель мультиязычного терминологического словаря».
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Дата поступления: 01.02.2024 Дата приема в печать: 15.02.2024
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Yuhan, Lazareva, O.V., Barov, S.A., Vered, V.T. Peculiarities of Formation of the Term System of International Trade: Linguocultural and Ecolinguistic Aspects // Вестник Российского университета дружбы народов. Серия: Теория языка. Семиотика. Семантика. 2024. Т. 15. № 2. С. 457-473. https://doi.org/10.22363/2313-2299-2024-15-2-457-473
Introduction
Russia and China are major centres of international trade. The nature of intercultural interaction between the two countries and with other states depends, to a large extent, on the specifics of their inherent norms of business communication and, in relation to the topic, terminology systems in the field of international trade. Globalization processes contribute to the universalization of linguistic terminology systems, which is carried out mainly through borrowing. However, linguocultural and ecolinguistic factors provoke different influence of globalization on the formation of each of the systems of terms named above [1-3]. Thus, the relevance of this work is determined by the practical need to establish the similarities and differences between Russian-language and Chinese-language terminology systems used in intercultural communication in the field of economic (trade) relations. Today, the efficiency and availability of information are of great importance; they are all the more important the more serious the sphere of communication is [4]. Increasing business contacts between Russia and China reveal the need for systematization and structuring of accumulated knowledge not only about the specifics of their cultures, but also about terminological apparatus, as their use helps forward the success of intercultural interaction.
Characterizing the degree of scientific development of the problem under consideration, it should be noted that to date, we can find research carried out on the general theory of terminology (see, for example, [5-15]); on comparison of terminology systems of the analyzed languages [16; 17]; on the terminology of the field of international trade in the Russian and Chinese languages [18-20]. Some works study characteristic features of Russian-language and Chinese-language terminology systems in the field of economics, business and commercial communication, trade; and also consider individual features of terminology systems of Russian and Chinese from the perspective of symmetric-oriented approach and contactology. However, a comprehensive study of the features and a comparative
analysis of the formation of terminological systems in these languages are a relatively new direction. Previously, systematic research has not yet been carried out linking these two languages to study their relationship in the field of international trade terminology, incl. in linguoculturological and ecolinguistic aspects. Therefore, this article, the purpose of which is to identify the linguocultural determinacy and dominants of ecolinguistics inherent in differentiated Russian-language and Chinese-language terminology systems in the field of international trade, makes a certain contribution to the development of this area of scientific research.
Materials and research methods
The factual research material was Russian-language and Chinese-language lexical units of terminological systems in the field of international trade, presented in the dictionaries1,2,3. The sample contains more than 500 units — 250 Russian and Chinese language facts each.
The following methods were used in the work: continuous sampling method; descriptive method, including observation of language material, its analysis, systematization, description; method of component analysis; comparative method.
Research results
The term system adopted by a specific linguistic community, alike their other standardized structures, embodies the propositions of collective consciousness, and, therefore, objectifies stable and dominant features of the linguistic mentality of society. By term system we mean a set of terms related to different areas of knowledge and differentiated according to the narrow focus of these areas. According to E.V. Chistova, a term is "a nominative unit that adequately reflects any concept of a certain field of knowledge, and also requires contextual verification" [20. P. 27]. S.V. Grinev-Grinevich proposes the following definition: "a term is a special lexeme that names a general concept" [6. P. 725]. The need to verify a term is determined by its following properties: "inconsistency, procedurality, formal semantic variation and dynamism" [20. P. 27]. Consequently, not every unit that is used in the interaction of people in any scientific communication paradigm can have the status of "term", but only the one that fully meets all the above conditions.
The language of international trade is at the same time a type of language of business communication, "detecting various etiquette speech clichés and, in general, norms of verbal behaviour in relevant communication" [5. P. 9-10], besides, an independent discursive space. The discursive space of the macrosphere
1 Козырская И.Е. Учебный словарь терминов по экономике и менеджменту. Иркутск: Байкальский государственный университет, 2017.
2 Русско-английский внешнеторговый и внешнеэкономический словарь под ред. И.Ф. Ждановой. М.: Русский язык, 1994.
3 Ш^ХШЫ'^-ШЩ^ / Ш^ШШШ Русско-китайский внешнеторговый и внешнеэкономический словарь / под ред. Тянь Баосинь. Пекин: The Commercial Press, 2014.
of international trade absorbs terminological units that make up the linguistic framework of this sphere, i.e. its own terminological system. Due to the fact that for the field of international trade the main thing is always the achievement of the intended effect and effectiveness, its language (the field) is subordinate to the purpose of communication, i.e. it can be characterized as lexically neutral, not allowing any means of verbal expressiveness and recognized for standardization, brevity and accuracy. However, the filling of the terminological system in the field of international trade, its formation and transformation, to a sufficient extent "depend on the cultural and linguistic attitudes of the society, its preferences" [18. P. 145].
Specifics of the Russian-language terminology system in the field of international trade
The terminological system of the field of international trade in the Russian language embodies the mental and linguistic characteristics of representatives of the corresponding linguistic culture and demonstrates its ecolinguistic dominants. The Russian-language system of terms in the field of international trade consists mainly of borrowings that came from other European languages. As noted by E.V. Chistova, foreign vocabulary became widespread in the 1990s. after Russia became open to contacts with Western European countries. This is marked not only by increased intercultural interaction, but also by the flourishing of individual entrepreneurship, which over time entered the world market [20]. The country's economy joined intensive global processes, and economic relations with European countries were subject to Western conventions. Since the dominant positions in the trade and economic sphere were occupied by English-speaking countries, which at a certain stage succeeded in scientific, technical and commercial terms, most borrowings into the Russian language came from the English language, or through its mediation.
The Russian mentality is to a large extent characterized by collectivism and desire to join the opinion of the authoritative majority, and, finitely, this is reflected in the conduct of business by Russian entrepreneurs [5]. The predominant language in the field of international trade was and is to this day English, which has a well-developed and appropriate terminological apparatus. The trade and economic terminology of the Russian language after the dissolution of the USSR required significant expansion and adaptation to the realities of the new era, in which the leading role was taken by English-speaking countries led by the United States. Borrowings in the Russian-language system of terms in the field of international trade were also caused by the need to nominate commercial concepts that came along with the new realities of the world economy after 1991. In addition, the English language, like the Russian language, belongs to the Indo-European language family, which, due to a number of their unifying features, contributes to "light" borrowing. We can say that the determining factors in the formation of the
term system (In the field of international trade) were the need to name new concepts, their connection with the "common language" of the world economy, functioning based on English, that is, the rapid adaptation of English terms to the Russian language system. At the same time, we note that the Russian-language terminology system has many original lexemes.
Let us turn to illustrative material in order to outline the features of the formation of the Russian-language terminology system in the field of international trade. So, in this system there are (examples are taken from4,5):
1. terms that have primordial origin and reflect linguocultural propositional ideas about those concepts / objects of reality they call: неустойка 'forfeit', счёт 'bill', сделка 'deal', торг 'bargain', прибыль 'profit', etc.;
2. terms borrowed from other languages (mainly from English) and have undergone adaptation in the Russian language:
• terms that appeared based on semantic calquing (sometimes with a borrowing word adapted through transcription, transliteration): внешнеторговый баланс страны (from the English foreign trade balance), ёмкость рынка (from the English market capacity), наличный расчёт (from English cash settlement / cash payment);
• graphically and phonetically adapted terms: бизнес 'business', варрант 'warrant', демпинг 'dumping', импорт 'import', экспорт 'export', маржа 'margin', etc. (the given terms are borrowed from English, the term маржа 'margin' is of French origin — in this case, the English language acted as an intermediary);
• terms consisting of Russian and English words: внутрифирменная торговля 'intrafirm trade', бартерная сделка 'barter deal', аукционная цена 'auction price' (these terms are borrowed from English; the word аукцион 'auction' is of Latin origin — in this case, the English language acted as an intermediary). Separately, we should highlight the borrowing of abbreviations that undergo
sound and graphic, syllabic and mixed adaptations, characterized by differentiation of the abbreviated complex with its decoding: МБРР (Международный банк реконструкции и развития) — from English IBRD (International Bank for Reconstruction and Development), ЕАСТ (Европейская ассоциация свободной торговли) — from English EFTA (European Free Trade Association).
Ecolinguistic properties of the terminological system of the field of international trade in Russian can be designated as:
• wide availability (баррель 'barrel' is used in different countries to name a unit of capacity and volume of bulk solids; the lexemes литр 'litre' and галлон 'gallon' are not widely used);
4 Козырская И.Е. Учебный словарь терминов по экономике и менеджменту. Иркутск: Байкальский государственный университет, 2017.
5 Русско-английский внешнеторговый и внешнеэкономический словарь под ред. И.Ф. Ждановой. М.: Русский язык, 1994.
• the desire for brevity, which is absent in authentic Russian names (дилер 'dealer' — a trading partner who purchases products wholesale and sells them at retail);
• specification of lexemes (дистрибьютор 'distributor' — a trader who enters into an agreement with a manufacturer for the right to sell its products for an agreed period; the phrase посредник сбыта 'sales intermediary' does not specify a certain meaning of the nominated object);
• the average degree of preservation of propositional terminological units that correlate with units of the country's internal trade structure (presence of original nominative units: договор купли-продажи 'purchase and sale agreement', поставка 'delivery', выручка 'revenue', ценообразование 'pricing').
Of the total number (100 %) of Russian-language terms examined, 36 % are Russian-language and borrowed units adapted with the use of semantic calquing (9 % of 36 %); 64 % of units are borrowed with the use of transcription, of which transliteration (52 %) and other methods (12 %) (see Fig. 1).
■ Русскоязычные единицы Russian-language units
■ Адаптированные с помощью семантического калькирования заимствованные единицы Adapted with the use of semantic calquing borrowed units
■ Заимствованные с помощью транскрипции и транслитерации единицы Borrowed with the use of transcription and transliteration units
■ Заимствованные пр. способами единицы Borrowed with the use of other methods units
Fig. 1. Composition of the Russian language terminology system in the field of international trade
Source: authors' study.
Since borrowed terms are used in a narrow trade sphere, they almost do not acquire semantic connotations and do not have deep associative connections in the language, therefore they exist more often as monosemantic representatives: штрих-код 'barcode', факторинг 'factoring', реимпорт 're-import', рамбурс 'reimbursement', инфляция 'inflation'. In modern Russian these terms are implemented as follows: • При оформлении покупки в магазине необходимо предъявить товарный чек и убедиться, что штрих-код на упаковке соответствует указанному на кассовом чеке 'When making a purchase in a store, you must present a sales receipt and make sure that the barcode on the package matches the one indicated on the cash register receipt';
• В последние годы растет популярность реимпорта в России, так как многие потребители предпочитают приобретать товары из-за рубежа, используя специальные интернет-платформы и сервисы доставки 'In recent years, the popularity of re-import in Russia has been growing, as many consumers prefer to purchase goods from abroad using special Internet platforms and delivery services';
• По новому законодательству, магазинами при возвращении товаров осуществляется возврат денежных средств на банковскую карту покупателя, в том числе и в случае рамбурса товаров, приобретенных в иностранных интернет-магазинаб 'According to the new legislation, when goods are returned to stores, they (stores) return funds to the buyer S bank card, including in the case of reimbursement of goods purchased in foreign online stores'.
Moreover, in some cases, some trade terms, such as штрих-код 'barcode' or рамбурс 'reimbursement', sometimes acquire additional meanings and associations in the context of the trade language. For example, the sentence «Штрих-коды позволяют автоматизировать процесс инвентаризации и упростить учет товаров в магазине» 'Barcodes can automate the inventory process and simplify the accounting of goods in a store' [ibid.] indicates the functional use of a barcode for managing warehouse operations and inventory. The term рамбурс 'reimbursement', in turn, has the meaning of a foreign exchange transaction when the seller buys a product at a high rate and returns the difference between the purchase and sale rates. An example of a sentence with the use of рамбурс 'reimbursement' could be as follows: «Магазин предлагает ребейт-программу, которая позволяет получить рамбурс в размере 10 % от общей стоимости покупки»» 'The store offers a rebate program that allows you to receive a reimbursement in the amount of 10 % of the total purchase price' [ibid.]. Thus, although trade terms are usually used without deep associations, they can still sometimes acquire new meanings and introduce lexical diversity into the language of trade.
Specifics of the Chinese-language term system in the field of international trade
The Chinese-language term system of the international trade field also embodies mental and linguistic characteristics of representatives of Chinese linguistic culture and demonstrates its ecolinguistic dominants. The system of terms in the field of international trade in the Chinese language consists mainly of original nominative units and borrowed, but specially adapted lexemes and phrases [19]. It should be noted that China has long been considered an economically successful
6 Trade and Economic Magazine. SyberLeninka [Electronic Resource]. URL: https://cyberleninka. m/joumal/n/torgovo-ekonomicheskiyzhumal?i=1012332 (accessed: 11.07.2023).
country. China's isolation ensured its independence in choosing commercial solutions, including language ones. The traditions of China, stemming from the mental ideas of the Chinese about the importance of preserving their own culture, were reflected in the economic relations of the country, which for a long time did not allow elements associated with European civilization into its borders. However, in the 20th century China gradually began to open up to globalization processes and consistently enter into close economic interaction with Western countries [22]. Occupying one of the leading positions in the field of foreign trade, China is influenced by Euro-Atlantic economic conventions, incl. arriving through the language — terminological system.
The Chinese language is significantly distant from the Indo-European family, is isolating, and is characterized by "specificity manifested in cognitive-semantic terms" [21. P. 420]. This is the main reason for the irrelevance of borrowed words from European languages: the hieroglyphic system complicates the borrowing processes. This main feature of the Chinese language, that is, the complete absence of the use of alphabet (as, for example, is the case in the Japanese language) has ensured a high degree of integrity of authentic Chinese-language terminology in the field of international trade. One or two-morpheme structure of Chinese words in combination with the syllabic sound system of the Chinese language systematically prevented the borrowing of foreign vocabulary, in contrast, for example, to the Japanese language, where it is widespread and carried out with the help of katakana (a graphic form of the Japanese syllabary alphabet — kana). However, the presence of stable ties with Japan, with which China closely interacts and through whose language it perceives some borrowings, contributed to the entry into the Chinese-language terminology system of some words that can conventionally be called Anglicisms.
Let us consider the features of the formation of the Chinese-language terminology system in the field of international trade with the use of factual material (examples are taken from7,8):
1. terms that are primordially of Chinese origin and reflect linguistic and cultural propositional ideas about those concepts / objects of reality that they name:
• Mi [puzi] 'a traditional store (shop) that offers various goods and services'. The term reflects long-held ideas about a typical retail location with a large, extensive range of products;
• [lingshou] 'retail trade (sale)'. This term literally means 'to sell with an addition' and reflects the original idea of trading with a markup;
• rfr^ [shichang] 'market (bazaar)'. The term represents traditional Chinese markets that offer food, consumer goods and handicrafts;
7 Козырская И.Е. Учебный словарь терминов по экономике и менеджменту. Иркутск: Байкальский государственный университет, 2017.
8 Ш^ХШЫ'^-ШЩ^ / Ш^ШШШ Русско-китайский внешнеторговый и внешнеэкономический словарь / под ред. Тянь Баосинь. Пекин: The Commercial Press, 2014.
• 'm [huopin] 'product (item of goods)'. The term reflects ideas about goods as specific products offered on the market or in a store;
2. terms borrowed from other languages (mainly from English), incl. through the mediation of the Japanese language, and having experienced adaptation in the Chinese language:
a) terms that have undergone morphemic and semantic adaptation:
• Hff [yingxiao] 'marketing', adapted to Chinese, with subsequent morphemic meanings: 'to engage in, strive for...' 'selling, marketing';
• ^^ [touzi] 'investment', adapted with subsequent morphemic meanings: 'to invest' 'capital, funds';
• [caiwu] 'finance', adapted with subsequent morphemic meanings: 'wealth, fortune, property' and 'business, occupation';
• N^^ff^ [dian zi qian bao] 'electronic wallet', borrowed from Japanese
v — y^vl — [erekutoronikku manee], short from English electronic wallet; adapted graphically and phonetically;
• N^® [dianshang] 'electronic commerce (online business)'. The term is a contraction and adaptation of the phrase [dianzi shangwu] for the purpose of more compact denoting online commerce or electronic commerce;
• rfr^M^ [shichang xuqiu] 'market demand, demand in the market'. The term is adapted to refer to the needs and requirements of consumers in the market;
• HffM^ [yingxiao celue] 'marketing strategy'. Phrase Hff [yingxiao] received new meanings, denoting 'events to promote goods, services and brands', and M B§ [celue] means 'plan' or 'strategy';
b) hybrid terms, including both a borrowed element and an original Chinese one :
• ff^M [xiaoshou e] 'volume of sales'. This term is adapted from the wordsff^ [xiaoshou] 'marketing, sales' and [e] 'amount, volume';
• rfr^^M [shichang fen'e] 'market share'. This term is adapted for Chinese and represents a combination of words rfr^ [shichang] 'market' and [fen'e] 'share, part';
• H^ [yingshou] 'revenue, income'. The term H [ying] is adapted and means 'to engage'; ^ [shou] means 'collection';
• [yunying] 'management, operational activities'. In this case the word ® [yun] is adapted and means 'transportation', and the word H [ying] means 'business' or 'commerce';
c) terms written in the Latin alphabet, called graphically unadapted:
• IPO [Initial Public Offering]. The term is used in the context of a company going public on the stock market;
• M&A [Mergers and Acquisitions]. The term refers to the processes of acquisition and combination of companies;
• CRM [Customer Relationship Management]. The term refers to the strategies and technologies used to support interactions with customers;
• O2O [Online-to-Offline]. The term refers to business models that combine online and physical presence of companies.
Ecolinguistic properties of the terminological system of the field of international trade in Chinese can be designated as:
1. prevalence of secondary borrowing over direct borrowing, which has significant differences with the system of the receiving language:
• ff^ [xiaofei] 'consumption'. This term is secondarily borrowed from Japanese ff^ [shohi] and transferred to Chinese;
• [gongyinglián] 'supply chain, procurement'. The term, translated literally, means 'connected supply' and was secondarily adapted from the English supply chain;
2. contextual conditionality of the terminological unit, detecting its eventual special meaning:
• [cáiwú báobiao] 'financial statements'. In the context of trade and economic activity, we are talking about a financial document that provides information about the financial condition and result of the company's operations;
• ^^ffWS [gongying lián guanlí] 'supply chain management'. In the context of the trade and economic environment, this term means strategic planning, coordination and control of the process of supplying and distributing products or services from the supplier to the final consumer;
• Í^H^ [shichang yíngxiao] 'marketing'. In a trade and economic context, the term refers to the process of positioning and promoting goods or services in the market to achieve maximum competitiveness and consumer satisfaction;
3. high degree of preservation of propositional terminological units that correlate with the units of the mental-linguistic sphere of the Chinese (the presence of original nominative units):
• [diánshang jútóu] 'e-commerce leader'. In this term, N^® [diánshang] means 'electronic commerce', and ^^ [jútóu] — 'giant' or 'leader'. This term reflects the position of large companies in the field of e-commerce;
• ^^ [huobi] 'currency'. This term consisting of a word ^ [huo], which means 'goods' and 'wealth', and rft [bi] 'money' or 'currency', reflects the concept of a monetary system or market medium of exchange in accordance with the mental-linguistic sphere of the Chinese;
• rfr^ [shichang] 'market'. This term consists of original Chinese hierogliphs Í [shi], which means 'city' or 'market', and ^ [chang] — 'area' or 'place' — and is used to denote the concept of the market in accordance with the mental-linguistic sphere of the Chinese.
Of the total number of terms examined, only 18 % are borrowings, which, when entering the Chinese language, underwent only phonetic and graphic adaptation. 29 % of units are borrowed with the use of morphological and semantic calquing and hybrids. 9 %o are terms written in the Latin alphabet; while 44 %o of the units are native terms (see Fig. 2).
■ Заимствования, которые подверглись фонетической и графической адаптации Borrowings which underwent phonetic and graphic adaptation
■ Заимствования с помощью морфмено-семантической кальки Borrowings formed with the use of morphological and semantic calquing
Термины, записываемые латиницей Terms written in the Latin alphabet
■ Исконные термины Native terms
Fig. 2. Composition of the Chinese language terminology system in the field of international trade
Source: authors' study.
Since most of the units of the terminological system under consideration demonstrate authentic features of the Chinese language, their (units) wide semantic range is stated. It is determined by a wide range of associations and connotations, which, in turn, contributes to their distribution and use not only in the field of international trade relations, but in social and everyday life communications. As a rule, terms of the trade sphere are polysemantic: [lingshou] 'retail / retail sales'; ШЖ [pifa] 'wholesale / wholesaler'; [gongyinglian] 'supply
chain / procurer'; ШЩЩ.Ш [zhuisu xitong] tracking system / direct tracking'; Й Ш [shangmao] 'trade / trader'. In Chinese, these terms are implemented as follows:
M^M 'In today's retail market, consumer needs are becoming more diverse, and the importance of branding is becoming more prominent every day';
Ш^ТЖШ^ 'The development of supply
chain in China is progressing at a rapid pace, connecting production, logistics and sales, which ultimately contributes to providing consumers with quality products and convenient services';
• ^тттитттжтж^шттш^&^тшштшшш
Ш 'Establishing transparency in the supply chain and implementing tracking systems are important measures to ensure consumers have access to safe and quality food'9.
Definitely, these terms are polysemantic and have a broad representativeness due to the variety of aspects that they can cover. This is due to the dynamism and diversity of the processes and operations in the trading sector. Such terms usually have multiple meanings or interpretations, and their specific meaning depends on the context in which they are used. For example, the term ЩЩ [shangmao]
9 + H# № K M. ^ a M B ^ S f& A WZK M (Zhong news) [Taiwan News]-Resource Shiongzhong news: (Taiwan News) [Electronic Resource]. URL: https://www.chinatimes. com/? chdtv (accessed: 11.07.2023).
'trade / trader' can refer to both the act of selling goods and the general activities of trade professionals. Such a variety of meanings in trade terms requires special attention and precise definition of the context.
Thus, the formation of term systems of the Russian and Chinese languages in the field of international trade reflects the phenomena of linguoculturology and ecolinguistics, differentiated in the two compared languages:
1. in the Russian language there is an increased borrowing of terms in the field of trade from European languages, mainly from the English language, while the Chinese language strives to develop independent terminological solutions and, if it resorts to borrowings, then mainly through the Japanese language;
2. globalization "pushes" the term systems of the field of international trade of the Russian and Chinese languages to borrowings from English, but the ratio of their units in the systems under consideration is not the same, which, in turn, is determined by their (systems) internal properties and mentality of Russia and China;
3. these properties also influence the semantic content of the lexical units of the term systems of the Russian and Chinese languages: the terms of the Russian language demonstrate unambiguity and specificity, while the terms of the Chinese language have a complex semantic structure.
Conclusions
The Russian-language term system of the international trade field is formed based on linguocultural propositions expressed in the focus of mental preferences, characterized by a focus on the authority of borrowed vocabulary and a simultaneous desire for its transparency; the latter is achieved by preserving the original terms, which at the same time expresses the desire not to lose self-identity. The Chinese-language terminology system exhibits aspirations that are asymmetrical to the Russian-language terminology system. For the Chinese, the main thing is the preservation of culture, including language, therefore most of the terms in the field of international trade are of primordial Chinese origin or have undergone a special morphemic and semantic adaptation (they were created following the model, but based on the Chinese language). Features of the systems of the Russian and Chinese languages determine the relevance of borrowings and the process of their entry into these languages: the involvement of the Russian language in the Indo-European family detects some convenience when borrowing from related languages; Chinese is an isolating language and is very distant from the systems of Indo-European languages, therefore it tends to borrow terms through Japanese.
Ecolinguistic principles of the Russian and Chinese languages determine the adoption of lexemes in terminological systems, based on their differing linguocultural propositions of the influence of extralinguistic factors of globalization. The reason for the adoption of a lexeme into the Russian-language terminology system is often its (lexeme) highly specialized meaning, which,
in turn, is the prevailing criterion for selection and choice between native and non-native. The lexeme's originality often prevails when including in the Chinese terminology system. Thus, most Chinese foreign trade terms are characterized by polysemy and contextuality. The given indicators act as differentiators when comparing Russian-language and Chinese-language terminology systems in the field of international trade.
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Сведения об авторах:
Юйхань, старший преподаватель кафедры русского языка и литературы института иностранных языков Педагогического университета Внутренней Монголии (010010, Китайская Народная Республика, г. Хух-Хото, ул. Чжаовуда, 81); аспирант кафедры общего и русского языкознания филологического факультета Российский университет дружбы народов (117198, Российская Федерация, г. Москва, ул. Миклухо-Маклая, 6); сфера научных интересов: русистика, лингвистическая семантика; e-mail: 601247581@QQ.com ORCID: 0000-0003-3754-0257; SPIN-код: 1761-5400; Author ID: 474699.
Лазарева Олеся Викторовна, кандидат филологических наук, доцент, доцент кафедры общего и русского языкознания филологического факультета, Российский университет дружбы народов (117198, Российская Федерация, г. Москва, ул. Миклухо-Маклая, 6); ответственный секретарь журнала «Вестник Российского университета дружбы народов. Серия: Теория языка. Семиотика. Семантика»; сфера научных интересов: сопоставительная грамматика и лексика, язык для специальных целей, семиотика; e-mail: lazareva-ov@rudn.ru
ORCID: 0000-0002-1227-4493; Scopus ID: 57225183694; Researcher ID: AAB-6284-2019; SPIN-код: 3134-3369; Author ID: 627991.
Баров Сергей Андреевич, кандидат политических наук, доцент кафедры иностранных языков и межкультурной коммуникации факультета международных экономических отношений, Финансовый университет при Правительстве Российской Федерации (125993, Российская Федерация, г. Москва, Ленинградский проспект, 49); сфера научных интересов: контрастивная лингвистика, лингвокульторология; e-mail: sabarov@fa.ru ORCID: 0009-0008-4844-1549; SPIN-код: 2325-8802; Author ID: 620017; Scopus ID: 57411308600; Researcher ID: A-8354-2017.
Веред Валерия Тарасовна, кандидат филологических наук, ассистент кафедры общего и русского языкознания филологического факультета, Российский университет дружбы народов (117198, Российская Федерация, г. Москва, ул. Миклухо-Маклая, 6); сфера научных интересов: контрастивная лингвистика, лингвокультурология, функциональная грамматика; e-mail: vered-vt@rudn.ru
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Yuhan, Senior Lecturer of the Department of Russian language and literature, Foreign Languages Institute of Inner Mongolia Normal University (81, Zhaowuda Road, Saihan District, Hohhot, 100010); Postgraduate Student of the General and Russian Linguistics Department, Philological Faculty, RUDN University (6, Miklukho-Maklaya str., Moscow, Russian Federation, 117198); Research interests: Russian Studies, Linguistic Semantics; e-mail: 601247581@QQ.com ORCID: 0000-0003-3754-0257; SPIN-code: 1761-5400; Author ID: 474699. Olesya V Lazareva, PhD in Philology, Associate Professor of the General and Russian Linguistics Department, Philological Faculty, RUDN University (6, Miklukho-Maklaya str., Moscow, Russian Federation, 117198); Executive Secretary of Editorial Team of RUDN Journal of Language Studies, Semiotics and Semantics; Research interests: language for special purposes, comparative grammar and lexis, semiotics; e-mail: lazareva-ov@rudn.ru ORCID: 0000-0002-1227-4493; Scopus ID: 57225183694; Researcher ID: AAB-6284-2019; SPIN-code: 3134-3369; Author ID: 627991.
Sergey A. Barov, PhD in Political Sciences, Associate Professor, the Department of Foreign Languages and Intercultural Communication, Financial University, Faculty of International Economic Relations (49, Leningradsky Prospekt, Moscow, Russia Federation, 125993); Research interests: contrastive linguistics, linguocultorology; e-mail: sabarov@fa.ru ORCID: 0009-0008-4844-1549; SPIN-code: 2325-8802; Author ID: 620017; Scopus ID: 57411308600; Researcher ID: A-8354-2017.
Valeria T. Vered, PhD in Philology, Assistant Professor at the Department of General and Russian Linguistics, Philological Faculty, RUDN University (6, Miklukho-Maklaya str., Moscow, Russian Federation, 117198); Research interests: contrastive linguistics, linguoculture, functional grammar; e-mail: vered-vt@rudn.ru
ORCID: 0000-0003-0986-0229; SPIN-code: 8089-4849; Author ID: 1054782.
