Dažniausi žodžiai technikos, medicinos ir socialinių mokslų tekstuose

The aim of this study is to compare the texts of three fields of science (technical, medical, social sciences) from the statistical point of view. The results obtained will be used to explain students the peculiarities of professional language. The research was based on three fragments of iterative dictionary of scientific style - technical, medical and social sciences. The following conclusions have been drawn. 1. Out of thirty nouns it is possible to understand to which field of science they belong to. 2. Among the most frequent nouns there are words common to all three fields of science (sistema, tyrimas) or words common to two fields (darbas, dalis, medžiaga, valdymas, procesas, žmogus, metai). Nouns of general meaning are more typical of technical and social science texts. 3. The most frequent verbs and adjectives are numerous in all three fields of scientific texts. 4. The most frequent verbal nouns in all investigated texts are with suffix - imas, and nouns with suffix —(ac)ija are also very frequent in texts of social sciences. 5. The most frequent adjectives in all three types of texts are with suffix – inis,g. Verbs with suffix -gti are the most frequent and verbs with suffix -yti are nearly frequent in technical texts. Special attention should be paid to the indicated words or types of derivation while explaining students one or another aspect of language culture.