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Terminology

Terminology is a group of specialized words and respective meanings in a particular field, and also the study of such terms and their use;[1] the latter meaning is also known as terminology science. A term is a word, compound word, or multi-word expressions that in specific contexts is given specific meanings—these may deviate from the meanings the same words have in other contexts and in everyday language.[2] Terminology is a discipline that studies, among other things, the development of such terms and their interrelationships within a specialized domain. Terminology differs from lexicography, as it involves the study of concepts, conceptual systems and their labels (terms), whereas lexicography studies words and their meanings.

For other uses, see Terminology (disambiguation).

Terminology is a discipline that systematically studies the "labelling or designating of concepts" particular to one or more subject fields or domains of human activity. It does this through the research and analysis of terms in context for the purpose of documenting and promoting consistent usage. Terminology can be limited to one or more languages (for example, "multilingual terminology" and "bilingual terminology"), or may have an interdisciplinarity focus on the use of terms in different fields.

Analyzing concepts and concept structures utilized in a field or area of activity

Identifying the terms assigned to concepts

Creating correspondences between terms in the different languages in the case of multilingual or bilingual term.

Creating new terms in databases or compiling the terms on paper or in databases managing terminology databases as required

The terminology discipline consists mainly of the following aspects:

Ad hoc work on terminology, which deals with a single term or a limited number of terms

Systematic collection of terminology, which deals with all the terms in a specific subject field or domain of activity, often by creating a structured of the terms within that domain and their interrelationships.

ontology

A distinction is made between two types of terminology work:


Ad hoc terminology is prevalent in the translation profession, where a translation for a specific term (or group of terms) is required quickly to solve a particular translation problem.


Nomenclature comprises types of terminology especially having to do with general ontology, applied ontology, and taxonomy (categorizations and classifications, such as taxonomy for life forms, taxonomy for search engines, and so on).

Terminological theories[edit]

Terminological theories include general theory of terminology,[7] socioterminology,[8] communicative theory of terminology,[9] sociocognitive terminology,[10] and frame-based terminology.[11]

Sonneveld, H, Loenning, K: (1994): Introducing terminology, in Terminology, p. 1-6

Wright, S.E.; Budin, G.: (1997): Handbook of Terminology Management, Volume 1, Basic Aspects of Terminology Management, Amsterdam, Philadelphia, John Benjamins 370 pp.

Gaudin, F., 2003, Socioterminologie: une approche sociolinguistique de la terminologie, éd. De Boeck-Duculot, Belgium.

Wright, S.E.; Budin, G.: (2001): Handbook of Terminology Management, Volume 2, Application-Oriented Terminology Management, Amsterdam, Philadelphia, John Benjamins.

Kockaert, H.J.; Steurs, F.: (2014): Handbook of Terminology, Volume 1, Amsterdam, Philadelphia, John Benjamins.

from the OTTIAQ website

Terminology

- International Network for Terminology

TermNet

- International Information Centre for Terminology

Infoterm

Technical Committee 37 "Terminology and other language and content resources" (ISO/TC 37)

ISO

from the FAO Terminology website

Faoterm

TermSciences, the Scientific Terminology Database

IULA, Institut Universitari de Lingüistica Aplicada