Towards new ways of terminology description : the sociocognitive-approach / Rita Temmerman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Temmerman, Rita.

Series:

Terminology and lexicography research and practice ; v. 3.

Terminology and lexicography research and practice ; v. 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Terms and phrases--Methodology.

Terms and phrases.

Linguistic models.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (275 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; [Great Britain] : John Benjamins Pub, c2000.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

Based on an empirical study of categorisation and lexicalisation processes in a corpus of scientific publications on the life sciences, Rita Temmerman questions the validity of traditional terminology theory. Her findings are that the traditional approach impedes a pragmatic and realistic description of a large number of categories and terms. Inspired by the cognitive sciences, she develops an alternative. The main principles of this new theory imply: a combined semasiological and onomasiological perspective; only few categories can be clearly delineated; form and content of definitions vary according to category types and user's requirements; synonymy and polysemy are functional in special language and a diachronic approach is unavoidable. This last principle implies the varying importance of historical information in definitions, the non-arbitrariness of lexicalisation and the importance of cognitive models.In a last chapter the author shows how the methods and principles of the alternative approach are applicable in terminography and how this is going to have an impact on software for terminological database construction.This book will be valuable for specialists in terminology theory, practising terminographers and for anybody interested in special language, cognitive models and prototype theory.

Contents:

TOWARDS NEW WAYS OF TERMINOLOGY DESCRIPTION

Title page

LCC data

Table of contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

CHAPTER 1. From Principles of Standardisation to a Scientific Study of Terminology

CHAPTER 2. New Propositions for Terminology

CHAPTER 3. From Traditional Definitions of Concepts to Templates of Units of Understanding

CHAPTER 4. Univocity And Polysemy

CHAPTER 5. The Impact of Metaphorical Models on Categorisation and Naming

CHAPTER 6. Towards New Ways of Terminology Description

Bibliography

Index

TERMINOLOGY AND LEXICOGRAPHY RESEARCH AND PRACTICE (TLRP).

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612162886

9781282162884

1282162888

9789027298638

9027298637

OCLC:

70749264