Artificial Intelligence Terminology

Pytel D. Artificial Intelligence Terminology : master’s thesis : 035 Philology / supervised Irina Alexeyeva. Kyiv, 2023. 153 p.

The objective of the MA degree paper was to analyze terminology of artificial intelligence from the point of view of its creation. In order to fulfill the tasks of the research we assembled a glossary accounting for 310 terms, where compiled terms from already existing dictionaries, glossaries, media and academic publications. The terms were analyzed in terms of their morphological, etymological and semantical nature to define the ways they were formed. The applied methods were critical analysis, description, generalization, giving examples - to highlight the theoretical and methodological foundations of the study of terms; word-formation, structural, semantic, analysis of part of speech. The findings were carefully calculated, so that we can quantitatively analyze the most productive methods.
According to the requirements of academic research the paper is threefold. In the first chapter we established the theoretical basis of AI terminology formation by outlining specifics of terminology as a stratum of vocabulary; defined the concepts of term and terminology; and provided an overview of term-building patterns typical for terminology. We also explored the history of AI terminology juxtaposing it with the historical development of the field; compared the ways different dictionaries present AI terms; attempted to classify AI terms; and had a brief look at the modern-day processes in the field and terminological system of AI.
The second chapter was dedicated to morphological derivation. We analyzed existing means of word-formation through suffixation, prefixation, conversion, acronymization and more.
In the third chapter, we focused on semantic derivation, focusing on different kinds of metaphor as a means of semantic shift and what contributes to it.
Therefore, the tasks of the research may be regarded as fulfilled as we have established the unique features of AI terminology and analyzed its primary means of term formation.