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Revista Española de Lingüística Aplicada/Spanish Journal of Applied Linguistics
Vol. 31:1 (2018) ► pp.197–223

A relational adjective and a noun semantic binding in the specialized language of Information and Communication Technology

| Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
| Universidad Politécnica de Madrid

This study reports on a semantic analysis of a terminology pattern formed by a relational adjective Radj and a noun n, found in specialized texts written in English and Spanish from the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) field. This research is first based on a terminology perspective to later focus on a recurring multi-word lexical unit pattern in which the specialized concept is realized by a relational adjective. The syntactic pattern [Radj+n] will be referred to as Specialized Lexical Combination (SLC). The study presents a step forward to previous terminology research. We argue that the semantic analysis of the adjective-noun relationship will help understand the underlying knowledge organization of this ICT subject area. The analysis is approached from the framework of the Generative Lexicon specially focusing on the qualia structure of this recurring multi-word lexical unit pattern.

Keywords: semantic analysis, qualia structure, relational adjectives and specialized language
Article outline
  • 1.Motivation of the study
    • 1.1Terminology perspective
    • 1.2Scope of the study
  • 2.A semantic analysis for relational adjectives in the ICT specialized discourse
    • 2.1The Generative Lexicon (GL)
    • 2.2Description of the LG semantic representation adapted to ICT cognitive structure
  • 3.Analysis of certain SLCs according to their qualia structure
    • 3.1FORMAL quale (QF) modifying the noun of the SLC
    • 3.2CONSTITUTIVE quale (QC) modifying the noun of the SLC
    • 3.3TELIC quale (QT) modifying the noun of the SLC
    • 3.4AGENTIVE quale (QA) modifying the noun of the SLC
    • 3.5Graphical representation of knowledge according to the qualia structure (QSTR) of SLCs
  • 4.Conclusions
  • Notes
  • References
Published online: 27 August 2018
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https://doi.org/10.1075/resla.15037.lop
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