Framing Aerodynamic Terminology: A Linguistic Approach /Preliminary Study

The aerodynamic terminological field is characterized by highly complex and specific terms which are used to describe various scientific phenomena that occur during flights. The aim of the paper is to analyze aerodynamic terminology using a frame semantics approach to study terms categorized into frames and subframes. The study reveals the linguistic behavior of aerodynamic terms within the frames. Using the corpus linguistic software Sketch Engine, we identified recurring patterns, collocations, and term frequency in a compiled corpus of books on aerodynamics. The findings reveal that aerodynamic terminology can be systematically structured into frames, which can overlap, thus demonstrating the conceptual construction of complex, technical meanings of the aerodynamic terms. The research contributes to a better understanding of aerodynamic terms as part of the aviation terminological field and is of great help to people interested in learning, teaching, and working in the field of aerodynamics.