Problems and prospects of systematization of the general scientific terminology

Relevance. The relevance of the research is the need to create new mechanisms for improving, stabilizing and unifying the terminological system on the example of general scientific terminology. It is essential to study how terms adapt and integrate into different fields, track their transition between areas, document this process, collect textual fragments and study the behaviour of the term in specific contexts. Purpose. The aims of the article are the detailed analysis of terminological problems at the present stage of development of science and technology, analysis of general scientific terminological units, their functional usage in cross-disciplinary branches. Methodology. The main methods of analysis are the theoretical method that were used for the systematization of scientific knowledge in linguistics and related fields, and the method of component analysis that were used during distinguishing semantic components in terms. Results. The article conceived the works on the terminological problems topics, demonstrating different approaches: communicative, linguistic, psychological, poly discursive, and also considered the main perspective directions for further work in terminology and terminography. Conclusions. Materials of this work can be used in follow-up studies on general scientific terminology. It can include the classification and categorization of terms, a study of peculiarities of usage of terms in contexts, semantic and structural analysis of terminological items, unification and systematization of existing terms, etc. Keywords: terminology; terminological system; terminology unit; systematization; classification; problem; perspective