Semantic Relations between Words in Naval Architecture and Maritime Languages

  • Anca TRIȘCĂ (IONESCU) PhD Student, “Dunărea de Jos” University of Galaţi
Keywords: polysemy, homonymy, narrowing of meaning

Abstract

The present article aims at identifying the semantic relations that occur between words in naval architecture and maritime languages. For this purpose several specialized dictionaries as well as various textbooks and specific naval architecture documents were explored. Both the naval architecture and maritime field-specific lexis consist of few genuinely ‘unique’ words and of a large number of items, not ‘unique’ in and by themselves, which have migrated from everyday language to become ‘technical’ and
‘field-specific’ through the role played by polysemy, metaphor and homonymy. An interesting aspect of these two specific language fields is the presence of doublets or two signifiers for only one signified.

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Published
2025-05-09
How to Cite
TRIȘCĂ (IONESCU), A. (2025). Semantic Relations between Words in Naval Architecture and Maritime Languages. Cultural Intertexts, (1-2), 340-345. Retrieved from https://gup.ugal.ro/ugaljournals/index.php/cultural-intertexts/article/view/8566
Section
SECTION B TRANSLATION STUDIES AND THE TRANSLATION OF SPECIALISED LANGUAGES