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The Corpus from a Terminographer's Viewpoint
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- Source: International Journal of Corpus Linguistics, Volume 1, Issue 2, Jan 1996, p. 257 - 285
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Abstract
While the use of corpora is well-established in lexicography, it is still in its infancy in terminography. This paper argues that the importance of domain knowledge in terminography makes the terminographer a significantly different kind of corpus user than the lexicographer. We begin by identifying the role of a corpus in terminography. Next, we propose ways of designing and balancing corpora so that they are consistent with these roles. Finally, we outline a number of terminography-specific functionalities that would be useful in a terminographer's workbench. We conclude with a discussion of the implications of corpus terminography for terminographical methods, for the design of terminological dictionaries, and for corpus shareability.
© 1996 John Benjamins Publishing Company