A Corpus-Based Study of Structural Models in English-Uzbek Cardiological Terminology: Addressing Asymmetry, Nominalization, And Terminological Chaos
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https://doi.org/10.55640/eijps-06-05-28Keywords:
Medical terminology, corpus linguistics, cardiological multi-word termsAbstract
Contemporary medical discourse is characterized by a significant transition from simple mono-lexical units to complex multi-word terms (MWTs) and dense noun phrases. This structural transformation presents substantial challenges for specialized translation and terminological standardization, particularly in low-resource language pairs such as English and Uzbek. This study establishes a corpus-based methodological framework for identifying and analyzing MWTs within the cardiology domain. By utilizing quantitative criteria such as frequency, keyness, and dispersion across academic and clinical subcorpora, the research evaluates structural-semantic patterns in English cardiological discourse and their Uzbek equivalents. The findings reveal a marked dominance of two-component nominal structures and a profound structural asymmetry between English source terms and Uzbek target expansions. This research provides a data-driven foundation for developing standardized English-Uzbek cardiological equivalents, bridging the gap between international Greco-Latin traditions and native linguistic resources.
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