Are Terminologies Semantically Uninteresting?

Autor/in	Jacobson, Sven
Titel	Are Terminologies Semantically Uninteresting?
Quelle	(1984), (12 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Classification; Culture; Definitions; Descriptive Linguistics; Difficulty Level; English; Geography; Lexicology; Linguistic Theory; Meteorology; Organizations (Groups); Philosophy; Physics; Psychology; Sciences; Semantics; Sociology; Structural Analysis (Linguistics); Technology; Vocabulary + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Classification system; Klassifikation; Klassifikationssystem; Kultur; Begriffsbestimmung; Linguistics; Deskriptive Linguistik; Schwierigkeitsgrad; English language; Englisch; Geografie; Lexikologie; Linguistische Theorie; Meteorologie; Philosophie; Physik; Psychologie; Science; Wissenschaft; Semantik; Soziologie; Structural analysis; Strukturanalyse; Technologie; Wortschatz
Abstract	Some semanticists have argued that technical vocabulary or terminology is extralinguistic and therefore semantically uninteresting. However, no boundary exists in linguistic reality between terminology and ordinary vocabulary. Rather, terminologies and ordinary language exist on a continuum, and terminology is therefore a legitimate field for structural investigation. Evidence for this is found in semantic phenomena (markedness, synonymy, homonymy, and polysemy) in a variety of terminologies (subjects), including Scouting, linguistics, psychology, sociology, philosophy, physics, technology, geography, and meteorology. Terminology offers much for the linguist to analyze and classify, and it is appropriate that linguists participate actively in discussions of the introduction or change of terms in areas of science and culture. (MSE)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC