TO THE ISSUE OF KEY TRENDS IN FOREIGN THEORIES OF TERMINOLOGICAL PLANNING: SOCIOLINGUISTIC ASPECT

Relevance. Theories of terminological planning are analyzed from the position of the sociolinguistic approach. The importance of the analysis is caused by the revision of the nature of terminological activity associated with the ongoing cognitive, linguistic, communicative changes in the process of cognitive activity of a person and society, as well as the intensity of informatization. The purpose of the article is to determine the main trends in the development of terminological activity and ways of displaying the indicated trends in foreign theories of terminological planning. A sociolinguistic approach is used as the main research methods. Its main feature is to establish the dependence of linguistic transformations on social processes and vice versa. A comparative approach is also used in relation to comparing the main theories of terminological planning for the display of cognitive, informational, linguistic and communicative changes in them. Ontognoseological foundations are used as a criterion for comparing these theories, demonstrating the influence of ontological structures of terminological activity on the epistemological aspect of its implementation. Results. The main trends in terminological activity were identified, and one classical theory (general theory of terminology by E. Wüster) and two modern theories of terminological planning (door theory by M.T. Cabre and sociocognitive theory by R. Timmerman, K. Keremans) were analyzed. A comparative analysis of these theories was carried out. As a result the transformation of the idea of a concept was determined: from the key parameter of terminological planning in the theory of E. Wüster, which prescribes its semantic content in a prescriptive manner to any term, to one of the key components of a terminological nature, through which, among other things, the semantic content of the term id determined (described), rather than prescribed. Conclusions. The revision of the status of the idea of a concept in terminological planning does not lead to the fact that the trends are unidirectional. These trends indicate to a greater extent that the ongoing changes in cognitive, communicative, linguistic representations in terminological planning are of a multidirectional nature. In the theory of doors, M.T. Cabre argues that standardization is no longer a necessary component of terminological planning, and in the sociocognitive theory of R. Timmerman, K. Keremans, it is believed that thanks to information technologies, standardization procedures are quite achievable in the new conditions of the implementation of terminological activities.