Table of contents
Acknowledgmentsxi
Chapter I : An Overview of Terminology
1.Social and political aspects1
2.Scientific and functional aspects6
3.Organizaional aspects14
Chapter II: Terminology, an interdisciplinary field
1.Terminology and linguistics25
2.Terminology and cognitive science39
3.Terminology and communication45
4.Terminology and documentation50
5.Terminology, computer science and knowledge engineering52
Chapter III: The Foundations of Terminology
1.Special languages56
2.The terminological unit80
Chapter IV: Terminology in Practice: Terminology
1.The foudations of terminological practice115
2.Materials used in terminography116
3.Working methods129
Chapter V: Computerized terminology
1.The concept and scope of computerized terminology161
2.Contribution of computer science to terminology162
3.Terminology and data bank168
4.Terminological data banks175
Chapter VI: Terminology and Standardization
1.General standardization194
2.Terminological standardization199
3.Terminology and neology203
Chapter VII: Professional Terminology: The role of Terminologists in a Language Service
1.Linguistic needs ans language planning215
2.Planning and language services216
3.The technical tasks of language services217
4.Language services and terminology219
5.The training of terminologists220
Notes225
References233
Index245
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