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Terminology and Knowledge Organization

Objectives

- Know and criticize the main theoretical perspectives in terminology and knowledge organization;
- Know how to apply semasiological and onomasiological methods in terminology work, including the constitution and analysis of corpora of specialized texts and the analysis of different types of knowledge organization systems;
- Know the basic principles and technologies of the semantic web and linked data with regard to linguistic and terminological information;
- Know how to analyze, structure and link between terminological data in social sciences, arts and humanities.

General characterization

Code

02110961

Credits

10.0

Responsible teacher

Maria Rute Vilhena Costa

Hours

Weekly - 3

Total - 280

Teaching language

Portuguese

Prerequisites

N/A

Bibliography

  • Allemang, D., Hendler, J., and Gandon, F. (2020). Semantic web for the working ontologist: Effective modelling for linked data, RDFS and OWL (Third ed). ACM;
  • Amparo, A., Costa, R., and Roche, C. (Eds.). (2019). Terminology and e-dictionaries [Special issue]. Terminology, 25(2);
  • Cimiano, P., Chiarcos, C., McCrae, J. P., & Gracia, J. (2020). Linguistic Linked Data: Representation, Generation and Applications. Springer;
  • Hjørland, B. (2013). Theories of Knowledge Organization—Theories of Knowledge. Knowledge Organization, 40(3), 169–181;
  • L'Homme, M. C. (2020). Lexical semantics for terminology: An introduction. John Benjamins;
  • Souza, R. R., Tudhope, D., and Almeida, M. B. (2012). Towards a taxonomy of KOS: Dimensions for Classifying Knowledge Organization Systems. Knowledge Organization, 39(3), 179–192.

Teaching method

The course includes theoretical classes based on the exposition of the syllabus. The practical classes will focus on the application of the syllabus to case studies and on the use of software tools, with priority to open source and/or free-touse software. Students will develop a project with report, based on the organization of linguistic or terminological data in a field of the social sciences, arts and humanities.

Evaluation method

Continuous Assessment - Activities of active participation in the classes(30%), Final Work(70%)

Subject matter

1. Theoretical foundations of terminology and knowledge organization
1.1. Introduction to the main theoretical approaches;
1.2. The double dimension of terminology;

2. Methodologies for terminology work
2.1. Semasiological and onomasiological methods;
2.2. International standards in terminology and knowledge organization;

3. Organization of linguistic and conceptual information
3.1. Term and concept;
3.2. Characteristic, conceptual relation, lexical relation;
3.3. Definition in terminology;
3.4. Terminological resources and knowledge organization systems;

4. Semantic web and linguistic linked data
4.1. Models for representing linguistic and terminological data.