THE CONCEPT OF ‘PARAMETER’ AND ‘PARAMETRIZATION’ IN THE CONTEXT OF LINGUISTICS

The words “parameter” and “parameterization” have the status of intersectoral terms. Linguists actively involve these words into their scientific communication, but each of them differently defines the essence of the concepts of “parameter” and “parameterization”, which negatively affects the completeness and objectivity of the description of language units and phenomena. It is known that the accuracy of linguistic interpretation is directly related to the consistent use of terms that are filled with specific meaning and have a clearly defined conceptual base. The article examines the meaning of the concepts of “parameter” and “parameterization” in the context of linguistic studies. Moreover, in this scientific research we have analyzed scientific works devoted to the study of different types of linguistic parameterization and related parameters. Also I would like to mention that we have substantiated the expediency of using the terms “parameter” and “parameterization” to denote linguistic concepts. We have argued the legitimacy of the usage of synonyms for the terms “parameter”. Key words: parameter, parameterization (parametrization), characteristic, criterion, sign, property, index.