The cognitive structure of term variation: the role of concept class in the naming of specialized concepts

Authors

  • Sabela Fernández Silva Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaiso

Keywords:

term variation, cognitive motivation, salience, concept class

Abstract

This article presents a study on the influence of concept class in term variation. The hypothesis is that concept class plays a role in the behavior of term variation in a given subject field; and that there are conceptual dimensions that are more salient and appear more frequently in the names of a given concept class. To this end, the variation patterns of concepts belonging to the classes of humans, animals and places are examined in a bilingual corpus (Galician and French) of texts in the field of fishing.

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Author Biography

Sabela Fernández Silva, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaiso

Sabela Fernández-Silva és llicenciada en Traducció i Interpretació (francès-espanyol) per la Universitat de Salamanca i doctora en Lingüística Aplicada per la Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF). Actualment és professora auxiliar a l'Institut de Literatura i Ciències del Llenguatge de la Pontifícia Universitat Catòlica de Valparaíso (Xile) i coordinadora del Departament de Traducció i Interpretació. Imparteix docència a les titulacions de Castellà i Comunicació, Traducció i Interpretació, així com en el màster de Lingüística Aplicada i en el doctorat en Lingüística. Els seus interessos de recerca comprenen la variació terminològica, la neologia i la traducció especialitzada des d'una perspectiva cognitiva. També és membre extern del grup IULATERM i de l'Observatori de Neologia de l'Institut de Lingüística Aplicada (IULA) de la UPF.
Dossier: Gastronomia i terminologia Semblança: Isidra Maranges i Prat (1919-2012)

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Published

2016-09-15

How to Cite

Fernández Silva, S. (2016). The cognitive structure of term variation: the role of concept class in the naming of specialized concepts. Terminàlia, 1(15), 15–26. Retrieved from https://revistes.iec.cat/index.php/Terminalia/article/view/141738

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No. 15: June 2017

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