Kristen Mackintosh
List of John Benjamins publications for which Kristen Mackintosh plays a role.
1997 Metaphorical Internet terms: A conceptual and structural analysis Terminology 4:1, pp. 1–33 | Article
Although metaphors are often associated with literary language, they also play an important role in scientific and technical texts and hence in terminology work. In this paper, we explore the terminology of the Internet, a domain in which metaphors are particularly striking. We first examine… read more
1996 Refining the terminographer's concept-analysis methods: How can phraseology help? Terminology 3:1, pp. 1–26 | Article
Concept analysis is both the cornerstone and Achilles ' heel of terminography. This paper describes a linguistically oriented approach to concept analysis, in which terminological phrasemes are seen as potential indicators of conceptual meaning. We propose that phrasemes can assist the… read more
1996 The Corpus from a Terminographer's Viewpoint International Journal of Corpus Linguistics 1:2, pp. 257–285 | Article
While the use of corpora is well-established in lexicography, it is still in its infancy in terminography. This paper argues that the importance of domain knowledge in terminography makes the terminographer a significantly different kind of corpus user than the lexicographer. We begin by… read more
1995 Review of Kohl (1992): From Archetype to Zeitgeist Terminology 2:1, pp. 170–174 | Review