ENGLISH TERMINOLOGY

1 Introduction to terminology work. Terms and concepts A definition of terminology. The importance of terminology. Terminology and other disciplines. Directions in contemporary terminology Schools of terminology. 2 Applied principles of terminology work. Scientific discourse. Specialized communication. Linguistic policies and the impact of terminology 3 Lexical and terminological semantic analysis 4 Retrieving relevant online information for terminology work. Terminography Extracting specialized terminology from linguistic corpora 5 Term formation. Principles in term formation. Methods used in terminology 6 Terminology management systems. Practical activities in terminology Translation and legal terminology 7 Practical activities in terminology Translation and business terminology 8 Information and documentation in terminology Categories of users who resort to terminological databases Documentation in terminology 9 Term standardisation Standards for terminology work. Types, relevance, use A short history of standardisation Standardisation principles Standards 10 Practical and theoretical issues of modern terminology 11 Terminology in translation Translation-oriented terminological resources IT applications which facilitate the use of terminology in specialized translations 12 Creating a terminology database Terminological planning The mechanism of terminological planning The history of terminological planning Ontologies 13 Translation, localization and terminology The role of terminology in the translation of specialized texts 14 New developments in terminology Terminology today

Students are able to compile databases and extract specialized terms Students are able to recognize specialized terms Students are able to compile glossaries of specialized terms