Essays on Terminology
Published on 16. March 1995
Book
Hardback
223 pages
978-1-55619-688-1 (ISBN)
Description
A carefully selected collection of essays by the most renowned specialist in terminology in France, now 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 notions and other recent articles in English. This book is essential reading for terminology theorists and practitioners and will serve as elementary reading in Terminology training. It includes a complete bibliography of Alain Rey's writings.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Amsterdam/Philadelphia
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 245 mm
Width: 164 mm
Weight
430 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-55619-688-1 (9781556196881)
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Content
1. Editor's note; 2. Abbreviations; 3. Acknowledgements; 4. Preface: Alain Rey, A Paradoxical terminologist (by Besse, Bruno de); 5. Introduction: The scope of terminology; 6. 1. Origins and developments of terminology; 7. 2. Theoretical issues in terminology; 8. 3. A new era for terminology: from social aspects to theory; 9. 4. The concept of neologism and the evolution of terminologies in individual languages; 10. 5. Terminologies: a challenge to lexicologists; 11. 6. Applied terminology; 12. 7. Terminology and lexicography; 13. 8. Terminologies and terminography; 14. 9. Desciption and control of terminologies; 15. 10. Linguistic and terminological standardisation from the perspective of their legal status; 16. 11. Terminology in a general language dictionary of french - Le Grand Robert; 17. Notes; 18. Bibliography and further reading; 19. Dictionaries and other works cited in the essays; 20. Publications by Alain Rey in the field of terminology; 21. Author index; 22. Subject index