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- ISSN 0929-9971
- E-ISSN: 1569-9994
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Causes of denominative variation in terminology: A typology proposal
- Source: Terminology. International Journal of Theoretical and Applied Issues in Specialized Communication, Volume 12, Issue 1, Jan 2006, p. 51 - 77
Abstract
This article offers a review of the causes of denominative variation in terminology observed by different authors, based on a classification of the areas that motivate variation and illustrated by examples of the most relevant types of variation in the present context. This analysis offers a typology of the causes and sub-causes of denominative variation in terminology. It is presented in five main sections: dialectal causes, related to different origins of authors; functional causes, related to different communicative registers; discursive causes, related to different stylistic and expressive needs of authors; interlinguistic causes, related to contact between languages; and cognitive causes, related to different conceptualisations and motivations.
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