This collection of essays by a specialist in terminology in France, has now been published in English. The chapters deal with the origins of terminology, theoretical issues, social aspects, neologisms and evolution, lexicology and lexicography, applied issues, description and control, standardization and terminology in Le Grand Robert. It contains the revised and translated chapters of Rey's famous “La Terminologie: noms et notion” and other recent articles in English. The volume includes a complete bibliography of Alain Rey's writings.