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Theories in Terminology

Objectives

1. to acknowledge the theoretical foundations of terminology;
2. to understand the diverse methodological approaches;
3. to be able to analyse specialised texts for onomasiological:
4. to be able to identify terms, lexical relations and collocations;
5. to know how to represent linguistic and conceptual knowledge.

General characterization

Code

722131056

Credits

10.0

Responsible teacher

Maria Rute Vilhena Costa

Hours

Weekly - 3

Total - 280

Teaching language

Portuguese

Prerequisites

N/A

Bibliography

  • Costa, R. (2017) Les normes en terminologie. Que faire des synonymes ?. In: Candel, D. & Ledouble, H. (Eds). Normeslinguistiques et terminologiques : conflits d'usages, Cahiers de Lexicologie, nº 110, Classiques Garnier.
  • Costa, Rute / Silva, Raquel /Campos Maria Inês (2020) Semântica e Morfologia em Terminologia. Volume 33 / 1, RevistaLinha D'Água ISSN 2236-424233/1
  • Daille, B. (2017) Term Variation in Specialised Corpora. Characterisation, automatic discovery and applications. JohnBenjamins.
  • Kockaert, H. J., Steurs, F. (Eds.) (2015) Handbook of Terminology, vol. 1. John Benjamins.
  • L’Homme, M.-C. (2010) Lexical Semantics for Terminology. An introduction. John Benjamins

Teaching method

Theoretical lectures. Presentation and discussion of individual and grupal works. In tutorial sessions, the students will have regular personalized follow-up.

Evaluation method

Continuous assessment - Presentation of readings, content discussion, practical exercises to apply knowledge and presentation of an individual written work(100%)

Subject matter

1. Historical foundation of Terminology
2. Terminology vs Specialised Lexicography
3. Theoretical perspectives
4. TC 37 / IS0 standards
5. Double dimension of Terminology: linguistic and conceptual
5.1. Concept
5.2. Term
5.3. Definition
5.4. Terminological collocations
6. Analyses of texts for onomasiological purposes
7. Semantic issues
8. Term formation