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Record Nr.

UNINA9910966061603321

Autore

Rey Alain

Titolo

Essays on terminology / / Alain Rey ; translated and edited by Juan C. Sager ; introduction by Bruno de Besse

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins, c1995

ISBN

1-283-17449-9

9786613174499

90-272-8358-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (237 p.)

Collana

Benjamins Translation Library

Altri autori (Persone)

SagerJuan C

Disciplina

418

Soggetti

Terms and phrases

Language and languages

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Collection of previously published material translated from the French.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-213) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

ESSAYS ON TERMINOLOGY; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; Editor's Note; ABBREVIATIONS; Acknowledgements; Preface A Paradoxical Terminologist; Introduction; 1. Origins and Development of Terminology; 2. Theoretical Issues in Terminology; 3. A New Era for Terminology: From Social Aspects to Theory; 4. The Concept of Neologism and the Evolution of Terminologies in Individual Languages; 5. Terminologies: A Challenge to Lexicologists; 6. Applied Terminology; 7. Terminology and Lexicography; 8. Terminologies and Terminography; 9. Description and Control of Terminologies

10. Linguistic and Terminological Standardisation from the Perspective of their Legal Status11. Terminology in a General Language Dictionary of French: Le Grand Robert; Notes; Bibliography and Further Reading; Dictionaries & Other Reference Works cited in the essays; Publications by Alain Rey relevant to terminology; Author Index; Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

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 wil