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TEMMERMAN, Rita
Based on an empirical study
of categorization and lexicalisation processes in a corpus of scientific publications
on the life sciences, Rita Temmerman questions the validity of traditional
terminology theory. Her findings are that the traditional approach impedes
a pragmatic and realistic description of a large number of categories and
terms. Inspired by the cognitive sciences, she develops an alternative. The
main principles of this new theory imply: a combined semasiological and onomasiological
perspective; only few categories can be clearly delineated; form and content
of definitions vary according to category types and user's requirements; synonymy
and polysemy are functional in special language and a diachronic approach
is unavoidable.
In a last chapter the author
shows how the methods and principles of the alternative approach are applicable
in terminography and how this is going to have an impact on software for terminological
database construction.
This book will be valuable for specialists
in terminology theory, practicing terminographers and for anybody interested
in special language, cognitive models and prototype theory.
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