Contents

 
• Introduction
  • The EAGLET concept for Spoken Language Terminology
  • Objective and scope of the Handbook Supplement
  • Previous terminology work for the Handbook
  • New terminology work for the Supplement
  • Structure of this report
• Spoken language terminology
  • The hybrid character of spoken language terminology
  • A hypergraph-based approach
  • A re-usable terminological text base
• Lexicon and Terminology
  • The onomasiological and semasiological perspectives
  • Terminological macromodels and micromodels
• A macro-model for spoken language terminology
  • A terminological hyperlexicon
  • Outline of terminological hypergraph for spoken language
  • Sub-taxonomies
  • Graphical representations of taxonomies
  • Application to a graphical user interface: EAGLET
• A micro-model for spoken language terminology
  • Micro-model as database structure
  • Micromodels as vectors of data categories
    • TERMS micromodel
    • MEANING micromodel
    • FORM micromodel
    • USAGE micromodel
    • OTHER micromodel
    • PRODUCTION micromodel
    • SOURCES micromodel
    • MACROSTRUCTURE micromodel
  • Note on the data category inventory
  • Micro-model definition: types of lexical information
• EAGLET DB: a spoken language term bank
  • Database constraints
    • Conceptual parts of a relational database
    • Structures in the relational model
    • Codd's definition of a relational database system
    • Query language
    • Software implementations
  • Distribution of data generation over time
    • Information storage in EAGLET
  • Distribution of data generation over resources
    • Validation of user queries
  • Required system components
    • Summary
    • EAGLET application model
• Recommendations and standardisation
  • Consensualisation and recommendations
  • Standardisation procedure
  • SGML format standardisation
    • A document example
• Conclusion and further work
  • Summary and results
• References
• Review of aspects of terminology
  • A Practical Course in Terminology Processing
    • Overview
    • Section One: Introduction -- What is terminology?
    • Section Two: The cognitive dimension
    • Section Three: The Linguistic Dimension
    • Section Four: The Communicative Dimension
    • Section Five: Compilation of Terminology, Section Six: Storage of Terminology, Section Seven: Retrieval of Terminology
    • Section Eight: Usage of Terminology
  • Einführung in die allgemeine Terminologielehre und terminologische Lexikographie (Introduction to terminological science and terminological lexicography)
    • Overview
    • The relation of scientific and general language
    • Differentiation between basic terminologic concepts
    • Notions and their characteristics
    • Definitions
    • Expressions
    • Classification of conventional signs
    • Classification of written signs
    • Classes of continuing relations
    • Dictionaries, technical dictionaries, encyclopaedia
  • Recommendations for the Selection, Formation and Definition of Technical Terms
    • Overview
  • Standardization of Technical Terminology: Principles and Practices
    • Overview
    • Basic Principles and Methods for the Preparation of Terminology Standards, Helmut Felber, Infoterm, Vienna
    • Terminology and the Well-Formed Definition, R. A. Strehlow
    • The Varieties of Compound Terms and Their Treatment, R. A. Strehlow
    • Neonymic Creativity, R. Alber-DeWolf
    • Is Standardization Always Necessary? D. Nakos
    • The International Activities of Infoterm and the TermNet Programs, H. Felber
    • Terminology in Technical Communications, J.R. Gaskill
    • Systems of Terminology, H.T. Pratt
    • Birth of a Terminology Standard, C. D. Sullivan
    • Writing a Definitive Work for the Coatings Industry: The Paint/Coating Dictionary, S. LeSota
    • What Happens to Terms That Have Failed Standardizations? They Live On and Proliferate in Dictionaries, D. Duquet-Picard
    • Preparing Terminology Standards: The Importance of Providing Essential Linkages and Usages Information, J. Davidson and M. Sitarski
    • The Banque de Terminologie du Quebec, An Instrument of Quebec's Program in French, R. Globensky
    • Managing an Uncontrolled Vocabulary in Biology: A Case Study, M. C. Kelly and J. R. Smith
  • Terminological problems involved in the process of exchange of new technology between developing and developed countries
    • Overview
  • Lexicography in the Electronic Age
    • Overview
    • Session I - Creation of Lexicons
    • Session II - New Technologies
    • Session III - Term Banks
    • Session IV - Publishing and the Future Use of Lexicons
• Semasiological block I: glossary
• Semasiological block II: abbreviations
• Semasiological block III: static term index