Searching for phrasems in professional and scientific texts is like searching for pearls. In principle, there are not many, as the primary function of professional language is non-expressive communication. In scientific texts, phrasems are usually employed as stylistic means reflecting the author‘s personal style. A distinct group consists of terms created through metaphorical transfer, which still function as phraseological units in general language. Due to their limited recognition within the field, the linguistic aspect of a term‘s origin and the loss of its expressiveness in the specialized field are of interest. The predictability of such phraseological terms in a particular specialized field reflects the naming needs and development of that field, while the original expressiveness from general language appears as a naming ability, realised through the terminological principle of economy and often also through content appropriateness. The article presents examples of terms published in terminology dictionaries on the Terminologišče website.
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