Theoretical perspectives on terminology : explaining terms, concepts and specialized knowledge / edited by Pamela Faber, University of Granada ; Marie-Claude L'Homme, University of Montreal.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Faber, Pamela B., 1950- editor.

L'Homme, Marie-Claude, editor.

Series:

Terminology and lexicography research and practice ; Volume 23.

Terminology and lexicography research and practice (TLRP) ; Volume 23

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Terms and phrases.

Genre:

Essays.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vii, 598 p.)

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2022]

Summary:

The aim of this volume is to provide an overview of different theoretical perspectives on Terminology, from Wüster to other initiatives that have emerged since the beginning of the 1990s. The volume also covers important topics which have significantly influenced Terminology and its evolution. These include variation, multidimensionality, conceptual relations, and equivalence, among others. The twenty-two chapters of the volume, all written by acknowledged experts in the field, explore the questions that different approaches seek to answer. They also describe the theoretical and methodological principles that were devised over the years to characterize, analyze, and represent terminological data. The semi-chronological, semi-thematic organization of chapters not only provides readers with a clear vision of the evolution of ideas in Terminology, but also gives them an understanding as to why some of these ideas were initially challenged. In addition to being accessible to readers unfamiliar with the basic theoretical principles in the field, the chapters provide a showcase of current research in the field, the challenges looming on the horizon, and finally future directions in terminological research. By bringing together work that is often disseminated in different forums and written in different languages, this volume provides a unique opportunity to look at how different theoretical approaches to Terminology offer complementary perspectives on terms, concepts and specialized knowledge, and help to further a better understanding of the complex phenomena that terminologists must successfully deal with in their work.

Contents:

Theoretical perspectives on Terminology: An introduction

Part 1. General Theory of Terminology (and beyond)

Chapter 1. The reception of Wüster's General Theory of Terminology

Chapter 2. General principles of Wüster's General Theory of Terminology

Part 2. Knowledge-based Terminology

Chapter 3. Conceptual relations: From the general theory of terminology to knowledge bases

Chapter 4. Terminology and standards

Chapter 5. Concept management for Terminology: A Knowledge Engineering approach

Chapter 6. Multidimensionality

Chapter 7. Terminology and ontologies

Part 3. Socioterminology and Cultural Terminology

Chapter 8. Founding principles of Socioterminology

Chapter 9. Cultural Terminology: An introduction to theory and method

Part 4. Textual Terminology, Terminology and Lexical Semantics

Chapter 10. Textual Terminology: Origins, principles and new challenges

Chapter 11. Terminology and Lexical Semantics

Part 5. Corpus-based Terminology

Chapter 12. Text genres and Terminology

Chapter 13. Knowledge patterns in corpora

Chapter 14. Terminology and distributional analysis of corpora

Part 6. Terminology and Cognitive Linguistics

Chapter 15. Units of understanding in Sociocognitive Terminology studies

Chapter 17. Conceptual metaphors

Part 7. Variation and Equivalence

Chapter 18. Causes of terminological variation

Chapter 19. Diachronic variation

Chapter 20. Cognitive approaches to the study of term variation

Chapter 21. Terminological growth

Chapter 22. Terminology and equivalence

References

Standards and resources cited in chapters

Biographical notes

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9789027257789

9027257787