Chapter 11
Terminology and Lexical Semantics
The relationship between Terminology and Linguistics has fluctuated, depending on the prevalence of specific applications at a given time. A conceptual basis remains important in applications such as knowledge representation, and standardization, but other applications rely more heavily on corpora and must take into consideration the linguistic behavior of terms. This chapter lists questions that arise when analyzing terms in text and reviews some proposals made by Lexical Semantics to address them. Lexical semantic frameworks allow us to take into consideration terms that are often overlooked, such as verbs and adjectives. They also offer interesting ways to model various terminological relations (including collocations). Also emphasized is the fact that knowledge-based and lexicon-based approaches are only compatible to a certain extent.
Article outline
- 1.Introduction
- 2.Basic questions from the point of view of a specialized text
- 3.Lexical Semantics to address terminological problems
- 3.1Is the term a special kind of lexical unit?
- 3.1.1Terms are linguistic units with a special function
- Terms are integral parts of the lexicon
- 3.1.2Terms are lexical units conceptualized from the point of view of a specialized situation
- 3.2Can verbs and adjectives be terms?
- 3.3Defining boundaries for multi-word sequences
- 3.4Lexical relations and how they contribute to terminological analysis
- 4.Concluding remarks
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Acknowledgments
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Notes