Light Nouns and Term Creation in Basque

Authors

  • Igone Zabala Universitat del País Basc

Keywords:

light nouns, term creation, paraterms

Abstract

This paper investigates the activation of specialized values in a set of Basque Light Nouns (LNs) such as talde 'group', from the viewpoint of the referentiality scale (RS) (Simone & Masini, 2009, 2014). We demonstrate that the terminologization of LNs happens in the sense described by Adelstein (2004, 2007) for ultranouns, and we postulate that paraterms can be characterized as "specialized support nouns" positioned lower than terms in the RE. 

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Author Biography

Igone Zabala, Universitat del País Basc

Igone Zabala és doctora en Filologia Basca (1993) per la Universitat del País Basc (UPV/EHU). Tot i que la seva tesi doctoral i treballs posteriors s'emmarquen en l'àmbit de la sintaxi i de la morfologia lèxica, fa més de deu anys que la seva recerca se centra en el discurs especialitzat i la terminologia, amb la mirada centrada en el desenvolupament lèxic i estilístic de l'èuscar en contextos especialitzats. Actualment és membre del grup de recerca IXA, especialitzat en processament del llenguatge natural. És professora de Comunicació especialitzada en èuscar a la Facultat de Ciència i Tecnologia i a la Facultat de Medicina i Infermeria de la Universitat del País Basc (UPV/EHU). És també la responsable del programa Terminologia Sareak Ehunduz (TSE) 'teixint xarxes terminològiques', promogut pel Vicerectorat d'Èuscar de la UPV/EHU.

Dossier: Gastronomia i terminologia Semblança: Isidra Maranges i Prat (1919-2012)

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Published

2016-11-08

How to Cite

Zabala, I. (2016). Light Nouns and Term Creation in Basque. Terminàlia, 1(15), 27–37. Retrieved from https://revistes.iec.cat/index.php/Terminalia/article/view/142181

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No. 15: June 2017

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