Sirotkina T.A.
ETNOTERMYNS AS A WAY OF CATEGORIZING SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE ^{[№ 11 ' 2011]}
This article discusses the functioning of ethnonyms in scientific discourse as an example of scientific texts by Perm scientists. The author defines etnotermyns, distinguishes three degrees of terminologization of ethnonominations, builds a terminological field "ethnicity" and concludes that etnotermyms perform orienting function, ie function of orientation in the cognitive-communicative space.