Abstract:

This paper devotes to the naming process of the novel coronavirus pneumonia from the perspective of terminology. Terminology and nomenclature are two functional subsystems of scientific language. Nomen, as a part of nomenclature, can be absorbed into the corresponding concept system with the help of terms or generic concept names. It is important to find the position of the referred concept in the concept field, launch interdisciplinary and cross-lingual co-ordinations, and avoid the use of non-neutral words. Several new nomens will be unified after they almost simultaneously entered scientific language and ordinary language. The unification of scientific names is difficult to change the fact that novel coronavirus pneumonia has been accepted by the public as a new linguistic form.

Key words: nomenclature, terminology, terminology science, terminology transfer