NOMINATION OF THE SUBJECT OF VETERINARY DISCOURSE: SEMANTIC FEATURES AND TRENDS OF FORMATION

Abstract

The article is devoted to the systematization of the names of the main agent of veterinary discourse — a person who treats animals and prevents their diseases. The nomasiological approach is applied which includes description of the nominations in their connection with changing ideas about veterinary in diachrony. The material of the study is the names of a professional treating animals, recorded in explanatory dictionaries, professional reference books and documents, historical sources, fiction, journalism. Designations common to medicine and veterinary medicine, on the one hand, and, on the other hand, for traditional rural crafts and treatment of animals are specified.