Terminology: Theory, methods and applications (Terminology and Lexicography Research and Practice)

M. Teresa Cabre Castellvi, Juan C. Sager, Janet Ann De Cesaris

ISBN 10: 9027216347 / ISBN 13: 9789027216342

Published by John Benjamins Publishing Company 1999-05-15, 1999

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Terminology: Theory, methods and applications (Terminology and Lexicography Research and Practice)
• Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company 1999-05-15
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9027216347
• ISBN 13: 9789027216342
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

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.

Review

[...] especially useful for terminology practitioners in that it details terminological work all the way from the working principles to various stages in the collection and processing of material. -- Li Yunxing, Tianjin Normal University, China