Terminological Research in Ukraine

Our purpose is to present research done in Ukraine on terminology-related questions. We address three aspects: theoretical questions studied, automatic terminology-related tools and existing terminological resources. 1 Terminological research in Ukraine Terminological research in Ukraine has long tradition: • the journal Лексикографічний бюлетень (Lexicographical bulletin) has been founded back in 1951; • the activity of Інститут української наукової мови ВУАН (Institute of Ukrainian Scientific Language of Academy of Sciences) and Технічний комітет стандартизації науково-технічної термінології (Technical Committee for Scientific and Technical Terminology Standardization) consists in normalization and standardization of Ukrainian language and terminology; • a dedicated conference Українська термінологія і сучасність (Ukrainian Terminology and Contemporaneity) has been held for the 10th year in 2015. On the whole, the research in terminology is similar to the research work done in other countries, although the geographical and political situation in Ukraine is specific: poor development during and after the soviet period, overwhelming neighborhood of the Russian society, first years of the opening of Ukrainian researchers to the internationally recognized journals and conferences. Accordingly, the main body of the scientific work is currently published in Ukrainian. Another fact is the domination of theoretical work, although computational methods are emerging. We present various realizations in the terminology area across three lines: theoretical questions, automatic terminology-related tools and existing terminological resources and their utilization. 1.1 Theoretical questions Terminology research in Ukraine is an active area, although the main terminological work shows mainly theoretical and linguistic orientation, such as: • history of national lexicology, computational lexicography and terminology (Самойлова, 2004; Ivashchenko, 2013); • history of national lexicography and terminography dictionaries starting from XVI century and up to the modern times (Балог, 2004); • computer problems related to the standardization of terminology (Рожанківський and Кузан, 2000); • semantic processes in the modern Ukrainian terminology (Тищенко, 2004).