Ar lietuviški leksikologijos terminai

Lithuanian lexicology terminology was and is developed in three ways: 1) common words become terms (terminologization), 2) new terms are created and 3) terms are borrowed from other languages. About one half of one-word terms in lexicology are international (they are also members of compound terms). Attempts to made terms Lithuanian, made by certain linguists (Kazimieras Jaunius, Pranas Skardžius) (“etymology” – “kilmėmokslis”, “hybrid” – “mišrūnas, mišruolis”) were not successful. Therefore the “bilingualism” of the own, i. e. Lithuanian and borrowed, international terms is characteristic of the terms of Lithuanian lexicology (“polysemy” – “polisemija”, “toponym” – “toponimas”, etc.). Adaptation of international terms in the Lithuanian language is uneven. Some terms, according to their form, coincide with terms of other languages (“metafora”), others are made Lithuanian, by adding a flexion, therefore they retain the international suffix “-izmas” (“archaizmas”, “eufemizmas”), which is also sometimes added to a Lithuanian root (“graik-izmas”, “prūs-izmas”). Some replace the suffix by Lithuanian “-ybė” (“žargon-ybė”). All of the above shows that Lithuanian lexicology terminology is not yet finally developed. Since the Lithuanian and international terms do not have essential characteristics of a synonym, such pairs of terms should be called doublets