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Publication details [#14350]
Pilke, Nina. 2007. Thematic variaton in academic seminars: student discussion of concepts and terms. In Ahmad, Khurshid and Margaret Rogers, eds. Evidence-based LSP: translation, text and terminology (Linguistic Insights: Studies in Language and Communication 47). Bern: Peter Lang. pp. 309–321.
Abstract
The article deals with the role of concepts and terms in academic/educational seminar discussions. Analysing the transcripts of three academic levels of seminars concerned with he discipline of terminology, the author concludes that at the lowest 'proseminar' level terms and concepts are barely discussed, whereas in doctoral seminars nearly 40 % of terms identified are concerned with such issues, reflecting in all likelihood the crucial role of concept development in doctoral theses and novice-expert differences.
Source : A. Matthyssen