
Handbook of Terminology Management
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In more than 900 pages, the Handbook brings together contributions from approximately 50 expert authorities in the field. The Handbook covers a broad range of topics integrated from an international perspective and treats such fundamental issues as: practical methods of terminology management; creation and use of terminological tools (terminology databases, on-line dictionaries, etc.); terminological applications.
The high level of expertise provided by the contributors, combined with the wide range of perspectives they represent, results in a thorough coverage of all facets of a burgeoning field. The lay-out of the Handbook is specially designed for quick and for cross reference, with hypertext and an extensive index.
See also Handbook of Terminology Management set (volumes 1 and 2).
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- HANDBOOK OF TERMINOLOGY MANAGEMENT
- Title page
- Copyright page
- Table of contents
- List of Illustrations
- The Handbook of Terminology Management Introduction
- THE NATURE OF A HANDBOOK
- TERMINOLOGY MANAGEMENT
- A POLYTHEORETTCAL, POLYMETHODOLOGICAL APPROACH
- THE SCOPE OF TERMINOLOGY MANAGEMENT
- VOLUME I: BASIC ASPECTS OF TERMINOLOGY MANAGEMENT
- VOLUME II: APPLICATIONS-ORIENTED TERMINOLOGY MANAGEMENT
- ORGANIZATIONAL PHILOSOPHY AND INFORMATION RETRIEVAL MECHANISMS
- How TO USE THIS BOOK
- 1. Fundamental Principles of Terminology Management
- Section 1.1 Term Selection: The Initial Phase of Terminology Management
- REFERENCES
- Section 1.2 Concept Representation
- 1.2.1 Term Formation
- REFERENCES
- 1.2.2 Graphic and Other Semiotic Forms of Knowledge Representation in Terminology Management
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- Section 1.3 Concept Description
- 1.3.1 Terminological Definitions
- REFERENCES
- 1.3.2 Frames and the Display of Definitions
- REFERENCES
- 1.3.3 Terms and Contexts
- REFERENCE
- Section 1.4 Concept Systems
- 1.4.1 Representation of Concept Systems
- REFERENCES
- 1.4.2 Systematic Concept Analysis within a Knowledge-Based Approach to Terminology
- REFERENCES
- 1.4.3 Multifaceted/Multidimensional Concept Systems
- REFERENCES
- 1.4.4 Multidimensional Classification of Concepts and Terms
- REFERENCES
- 2. Types of Terminology Management
- Section 2.1 Descriptive Terminology
- 2.1.1 Terminology Management for Technical Translation
- REFERENCES
- 2.1.2 Medical Terminology Management
- REFERENCES
- 2.1.3 The Terms and Arts of Patentese: Wolves in Sheep's Clothing
- REFERENCES
- 2.1.4 Descriptive Terminology In the Social Sciences
- REFERENCES
- Section 2.2 Standardization
- 2.2.1 Terminology Standardization: Management Strategies
- REFERENCES
- 2.2.2 ISO 10241: Preparation and Layout of Terminology Standards
- REFERENCES
- 2.2.3 Terminology Management in International Standardization: ISO 472: Plastics - Vocabulary
- 2.2.4 Do's and Don'ts of Terminology Management
- REFERENCES
- 3. Language Policy and Technology
- Section 3.1 Multilingualism in Terminology Management
- REFERENCES
- Section 3.2 Language Planning and Terminology Planning: The Francophone Experience
- REFERENCES
- 4. Intellectual Property Rights
- Section 4.1 Copyright and Terminology
- REFERENCES
- 5. Terminology Training
- Section 5.1 Aspects of Terminology Training
- Information Boxes
- INFOBOX No. 1 Terminology Collections
- INFOBOX No. 2 Terminology Activities
- INFOBOX No. 3 Lexicography vs. Terminology
- INFOBOX No. 4 Descriptive and Prescriptive Terminology Management
- INFOBOX No. 5 Special Languages
- INFOBOX No. 6 Headwords
- INFOBOX No. 7 Part of Speech (Word Class)
- INFOBOX No. 8 Abbreviated Forms of Terms
- INFOBOX 9 Classification and Other Documentary Languages
- INFOBOX No. 10 Conceptual Relations
- INFOBOX No. 11 Intension and Extension
- INFOBOX No. 12 Standard Definitions
- INFOBOX No. 13 Hypertext
- INFOBOX No. 14 Entailed Terms
- INFOBOX No. 15 Product Media
- INFOBOX No. 16 Language Identifiers
- INFOBOX No. 17 Bibliographic Source Identifiers
- INFOBOX No. 18 Medical Etymology
- INFOBOX No. 19 Doctoral Level Training
- Appendix I Terminology Manuals
- REFERENCES
- Appendix II Abbreviations
- Acknowledgements
- Authors' Biographical Information
- Index
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