Experts ans Specialised Lexicography: perspectives and needs Authors Besharat Fathi Universitat Pompeu Fabra Keywords: communicative theory of terminology, dictionary use, experts, specialised lexicography Abstract This study was performed with two main purposes in mind. The first was to understand and predict the lexicographical needs of experts in communicative situations, while the second was to evaluate specialised dictionaries from experts’ point of view, considering their knowledge proficiency and the lack of dictionaries aimed primarily at experts. This paper consists of two main parts. The first presents the theoretical background on experts´ needs based on the functional theory of lexicography (Bergenholtz, Tarp, Nielsen and Kauffman) as well as the communicative theory of terminology (Cabré), while the second looks at experts’ expectations about specialised dictionaries based on empirical research. We conducted evaluation experiments where experts were asked to complete a questionnaire either for selecting the most needed information related to their professional tasks or for rating existing specialised dictionaries. Downloads Download data is not yet available. Downloads PDF Published 2026-02-12 How to Cite Fathi, B. (2026). Experts ans Specialised Lexicography: perspectives and needs. Terminàlia, (9), 12–21. Retrieved from https://revistes.iec.cat/index.php/Terminalia/article/view/156624 More Citation Formats ACM ACS APA ABNT Chicago Harvard IEEE MLA Turabian Vancouver Download Citation Endnote/Zotero/Mendeley (RIS) BibTeX Issue Núm. 9: Juny 2014 Section Articles License Authors registered on the OJS platform must read the copyright assignment terms and fill in the corresponding acceptance box.The intellectual property of articles belongs to the respective authors.On submitting articles for publication to the journal Terminàlia, authors accept the following terms:Authors assign to SCATERM (a subsidiary of Institut d'Estudis Catalans) the rights of reproduction, communication to the public and distribution of the articles submitted for publication to Terminàlia.Authors answer to SCATERM for the authorship and originality of submitted articles.Authors are responsible for obtaining permission for the reproduction of all graphic material included in articles.SCATERM declines all liability for the possible infringement of intellectual property rights by authors.The contents published in the journal, unless otherwise stated in the text or in the graphic material, are subject to a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (by-nc-nd) 3.0 Spain licence, the complete text of which may be found at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/deed.en. Consequently, the general public is authorised to reproduce, distribute and communicate the work, provided that its authorship and the body publishing it are acknowledged, and that no commercial use and no derivative works are made of it.The journal is not responsible for the ideas and opinions expressed by the authors of the published articles.
