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Terminology: Theory, Methods, and Applications (Terminology and Lexicography Research and Practice)

 
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Terminology: Theory, methods and applications addresses language specialists, terminologists, and all those who take an interest in socio-political and technical aspects of Terminology. The book covers its subject comprehensively and deals among other things with concepts (the relation between linguistics, cognitive science, communication studies, documentation and computer science); Methodology, especially with regard to specialised language and dictionaries; the social-political challenges of the modern technological society and some solutions from a Terminological point of view; Terminology as a standard in multilingual communication and guardian of cultures. It is particularly suited as a course book.

Table of contents

 

Acknowledgments
xi
Chapter I : An Overview of Terminology
1.Social and political aspects
1
2.Scientific and functional aspects
6
3.Organizaional aspects
14
Chapter II: Terminology, an interdisciplinary field
1.Terminology and linguistics
25
2.Terminology and cognitive science
39
3.Terminology and communication
45
4.Terminology and documentation
50
5.Terminology, computer science and knowledge engineering
52
Chapter III: The Foundations of Terminology
1.Special languages
56
2.The terminological unit
80
Chapter IV: Terminology in Practice: Terminology
1.The foudations of terminological practice
115
2.Materials used in terminography
116
3.Working methods
129
Chapter V: Computerized terminology
1.The concept and scope of computerized terminology
161
2.Contribution of computer science to terminology
162
3.Terminology and data bank
168
4.Terminological data banks
175
Chapter VI: Terminology and Standardization
1.General standardization
194
2.Terminological standardization
199
3.Terminology and neology
203
Chapter VII: Professional Terminology: The role of Terminologists in a Language Service
1.Linguistic needs ans language planning
215
2.Planning and language services
216
3.The technical tasks of language services
217
4.Language services and terminology
219
5.The training of terminologists
220
Notes
225
References
233
Index
245




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