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