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TerminologyTheory, methods and applications
1999. xii, 248 pp.
Publishing status: Available
Hardbound
– In stock
978 90 272 1633 5 / EUR 105.00 978 1 55619 787 1 / USD 158.00
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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.
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“[...] 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
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Terminology & Lexicography