historical terminological dictionary

The article is devoted to the analysis of such an important methodological problem of terminographic activity as the problem of metalanguage description. This is a complex part of the language, which focuses on the implementation of a number of applied problems. First of all, it deals with the creation of Historical Terminological Dictionary of Ukrainian Linguistic Terminology. Special attention is given to the fragment of terminography metalanguage which concerns the macro- and micro- organization of vocabulary and the architectonics of registry.