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- ISSN 0929-9971
- E-ISSN: 1569-9994
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Why traditional terminology theory impedes a realistic description of categories and terms in the life sciences
- Source: Terminology. International Journal of Theoretical and Applied Issues in Specialized Communication, Volume 5, Issue 1, Jan 1998, p. 77 - 92
Abstract
On the basis of an empirical study of categorisation and lexicalisation processes in a corpus of English language scientific publications in the domain of the life sciences, we claim that traditional terminology theory (the Vienna school) has five principles which impede a realistic description of many categories and terms. We propose an alternative socio-cognitive terminology theory inspired by cognitive semantics.
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