Liudmila Mockienė. „Formation of Terminology of Constitutional Law in English, Lithuanian and Russian (Konstitucinės teisės terminų daryba anglų, lietuvių ir rusų kalbose)“. Daktaro disertacija

256 Sigita Rackevičienė | Liudmila Mockienė FORMATION OF TERMINOLOGY OF CONSTITUTIONAL LAW IN ENGLISH, LITHUANIAN AND RUSSIAN (CONSTITUTIONAL INTERPRETATION OF THE TERMS OF LAW ENGLISH, LITHUANIAN AND RUSSIAN KALBOSE). Doctoral dissertation Vilnius: Mykolas Romeris University, 2016, 212 p. SIGITA RACKEVIČIENĖ Mykolo Romerio universitetas On March 25, 2016 at Mykolas Romeris University Liudmila Mockietional dissertation on Formation of Terminology of Constitutional Law in Law in English, Lithuanian and Russian defended her doctoral English, Lithuanian and Russian (supervisor doc. dr. "Sigita Rackevičienė". In her dissertation, L. Mockienė described and compared the linguistic means used to create terms of constitutional content in English, Lithuanian and Russian. 1825 terms selected from sources of constitutional law were examined: 660 English, 626 Lithuanian and 539 Russian language terms. The dissertation consists of an introduction, three lectures (dedicated to the theoretical justification of the research, description of the research methodology and description of the term analysis), conclusions, list of literature, lists of analyzed terms (list of English terms, list of Lithuanian terms and their translation into English and list of Russian terms and their translation into English) and abstracts in English and Lithuanian. The introduction defines the scientific novelty, value, relevance and practical application of the results of the dissertation. The author emphasizes that the dissertation signifi- 257Terminology | 2016 | 23 minga in several aspects: “First, a methodology of approximation of linguistic means of creating multilingual terminology was developed during the research. It helps to reveal the traditions, principles and criteria of term creation in different languages. This methodology can also be used for comparative analysis of terms in other languages. Secondly, the study provides term creators with insights into term creation trends in the three languages and a lot of important information that can provide ideas for creating new and improving existing terms” (p. 196). The author of the dissertation compiled the terms selected for the research into a database created for the purposes of the research and grouped them based on various criteria. The author claims that this database “can be used as a basis for compiling a dictionaries of constitutional law (there are no dictionaries of this kind in Lithuanian or English) and for other future research. The syntactic models of multi-word terms described in the study can be used in automatic term search system programs” (p. 198). In the first lecture part, the works of English, Lithuanian and Russian terminologists are analyzed and the classifications of terms creation tools are presented, in the second part the principles of term selection for the dissertation and their research methodology are presented, and in the third part a detailed analysis of English, Lithuanian and Russian terms is presented. The first chapter of the third part analyzes and compares the relationship of single-word and polyword terms in constitutional legislation in English, Lithuanian and Russian languages. The second section examines the single-word terms of each language, classifying them into three groups: terms created from internal sources, terms created from external sources, and hybrid terms created by combining elements of internal and external sources. Terms created from internal sources are further classified according to the method of production, terms created from external sources according to the primary source, and hybrid terms according to the origin of their elements. The third section examines the polyword terms of each language, dividing them into three groups: two-word terms, three-word terms and terms consisting of four or more words. First, the terms of each group are divided according to the origin of their component elements, then they are grouped according to the position of the dependent elements (before or after the parent element) and syntactic patterns. Terms of the types distinguished in each chapter are described in detail and illustrated with examples, the results of quantitative research of terms are presented in 18 diagrams. The conclusions highlight the differences in the terminology of constitutional law in English, Lithuanian and Russian languages. During the research, the author found that English 258 Sigita Rackevičienė | Constitutional law term creators are more open to foreign language influences and, when creating terms, they usually rely on external sources, while Lithuanian and Russian term creators are more inclined to protect their language and make the most of its potential. The author also found that the English language constitutional law term creators adhere to the principle of user-friendliness and create shorter and simpler terms, while Lithuanian and Russian language term creators give preference to the principle of accuracy and create longer and structurally more complex terms, which reveal the main features of the content of the named concept. The study of the dissertation showed that the terminology of the studied languages also has important similarities: many polyword constitutional law terms in all three languages are two-word, so all three languages follow the principle of language economy and try not to create terms longer than two words. Summarizing the findings of the study, the author states that the aim of reconciling the principles of user-friendliness and accuracy “would make it possible to create a term of optimal length: short enough to be user-friendly and long enough to reflect the content of the concept as much as possible” (p. 209). L. Mockienės dissertation Formation of Terminology of Constitutional Law in English, Lithuanian and Russian makes a significant contribution to Lithuanian terminology work, laying the foundations for comparative studies of multilingual terminology of constitutional law. The results of the dissertation are significant for researchers, developers and managers of terminology and specialists in other fields – legal translators, professional language teachers and users of legal terminology in both the public and private sectors. Retrieved 2016-06-30. Sigita Rackevičienė Mykolo Romerio universitetas Ateities g. 20, LT-08303 Vilnius, Lithuania E-mail: sig[email protected]