Chapter 6
Multidimensionality
Multidimensionality is a phenomenon of conceptual classification that arises when concepts are classified in more than one way within a concept system according to different characteristics. Because multidimensionality can be complex and cause information overload, early terminologists focused on the most common dimension. In the 1990s, knowledge-based approaches emerged, partly inspired by cognitive science models. Technological advances offered the possibility of managing multiple inheritance and generating graphical representations, making it easier to work with multidimensionality. Corpus-based techniques that used lexical knowledge patterns to uncover conceptual relations soon followed. Terminologists have thus incorporated multidimensionality into successive terminological knowledge bases, offering richer representations of multiple dimensions and a more holistic understanding of concepts. These resources also explore ways of addressing information overload.
Article outline
- 1.Introduction
- 2.Early years in Terminology: Physical objects, textbooks, linguistic orientation, and technological limitations
- 3.Knowledge-based Terminology and multidimensionality
- 4.Corpus-based Terminology and multidimensionality
- 5.Examples of terminology resources that incorporate multidimensionality
- 5.1PuertoTerm
- 5.2BEST
- 5.3EcoLexicon
- 6.Concluding remarks and future directions
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