TY  - BOOK
AU  - Picht,Heribert
AU  - Antia,Bassey Edem
TI  - Indeterminacy in terminology and LSP: studies in honour of Heribert Picht 
T2  - Terminology and lexicography research and practice,
SN  - 9789027292414
AV  - P128.I52 I53 2007eb
U1  - 418 22
PY  - 2007///
CY  - Amsterdam, Philadelphia
PB  - J. Benjamins Pub. Co.
KW  - Indeterminacy (Linguistics)
KW  - Terms and phrases
KW  - Sublanguage
KW  - Terminologie
KW  - Langues de spécialité
KW  - Indétermination (Linguistique)
KW  - LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES
KW  - Alphabets & Writing Systems
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY
KW  - Linguistics
KW  - General
KW  - Grammar & Punctuation
KW  - Spelling
KW  - fast
KW  - gtt
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Indeterminacy in Terminology and LSP; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Photo of Prof. em. fil. dr. h.c. Heribert Picht; Table of contents; Foreword; Introduction -- LSP studies: making a virtue of uncertainty; section 1 Indeterminacy. Lexical perspectives; chapter 1; Indeterminacy, context, economy and well-formedness in specialist communication.; Øivin Andersen; chapter 2; Lexical chains in technical translation; A case study in indeterminacy; Margaret Rogers; chapter 3; Eliminating Indeterminacy; Towards Linguistic Aspects of Anthropogenesis; Sergej Griniewicz (Grinev); chapter 4
N2  - This book deals with the oft-neglected tensions between perspicuity and fuzziness in specialised communication. It describes the manifestations, functions and implications of indeterminacy phenomena in a range of LSP specialisations where it has been customary to expect precision and consistency. The volume presents case studies and methodological frameworks that draw on theoretical, anthropological and cognitive linguistics, safety-critical translating, history and theory of terminology studies, development of ontologies, software localisation, jurisprudence, macroeconomics and interoperabili
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