Abstract
The article defines the development trends of modern lexicography in the field of systematization and unification of linguistic terminology, as well as the principles of selection and the features of describing the semantics of linguistic terms in specialized (industry-specific) dictionaries in Russian and English. The tasks associated with a comprehensive description of the terminological system of linguistics require the use of general scientific and proper linguistic research methods, such as a comparativehistorical method, a descriptive method, and a typological one. The lexicographic and metatextual characteristics of a terminological definition are paramount when fixing the meaning of a term in a terminological dictionary. The results of the study can be used to create a balanced linguo-terminological support for the existing databank and to carry out a comparative analysis of the completeness of the lexicographic representation of linguistic terms in the dictionaries of various types. The results can also be utilized in lexicological and lexicographic practice as an additional source when compiling dictionaries of industry terminology.