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Title:Theorising terminology development: frames from language acquisition and the philosophy of science
Authors:Antia, BasseyISNI
Ianna, Bem
Year:2016
Periodical:Language Matters: Studies in the Languages of Africa (ISSN 1753-5395)
Volume:47
Issue:1
Pages:61-83
Language:English
Geographic term:Africa
Subjects:terminology
translation
African languages
External link:https://doi.org/10.1080/10228195.2015.1120768
Abstract:The manner in which our conceptualisation and practice of terminology development can be informed by processes of knowledge change in child language development and a paradigm shift in disciplines, has been relatively underexplored. As a result, insights into what appears to be fundamental processes of knowledge change have not been employed to reflect on terminology development, its dynamics, requirements and relationship to related fields. In this article, frames of knowledge change in child language development and the philosophy of science are used to examine terminology development as knowledge growth that is signalled lexico-semantically through a range of transformations: addition, deletion, redefinition and reorganisation. The analysis is shown to have implications for work procedures, expertise types, critique, and for the relationships between terminology development and translating. Bibliogr., sum. [Journal abstract]
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