"Friend-or-foe", or term capacity in a terminology system ("Languages of the World" database, Institute of Linguistics, Russian Academy of Sciences)

Abstract

The paper outlines specificity of linguistic terminology, in particular the use of synonyms and equivalent terminological patterns in the new desktop version of the «Languages of the World» database that is being compiled at the Institute of Linguistics RAS. The analysis includes terminology in the «Languages of the World» encyclopedia articles (Institute of Linguistics RAS). The topic could be of interest for those dealing with applied lexicography and linguodidactics.