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Terminology and language planning : an alternative framework of practice and discourse / Bassey Edem Antia

Author
Antia, Bassey Edem
Published
Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins, [2000]
Copyright Date
©2000
Physical Description
1 online resource (xxiv, 264 pages) : illustrations
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Contents
TERMINOLOGY AND LANGUAGE PLANNING; Editorial page; LCC data; Dedication; Table of contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1. Terminology in Language Planning Theory; Chapter 2. Terminology Discourse and Practice in Africa: Issues, Players and Arenas; Chapter 3. Evaluation of a Terminology Resource; Chapter 4. Concept Theory in Terminology; Chapter 5. Collocations and Communication; Chapter 6. Terminography and Knowledge Representation; Chapter 7. Terminology, Text and Technology; Chapter 8. Applications: The Making of a Legislative Terminology Resource; Conclusion; Bibliography.
Summary
Changing socio-political landscapes, the dynamics of 'glocalisation', among other factors, are spawning new policy attitudes towards multilingualism, and again putting language planning (LP) on the map - in a manner reminiscent of the 1960s and 1970s. With respect to terminology, this book suggests that to be relevant and sustainable, current LP would have to define its mission as the deregulation of access to specialised knowledge, and correspondingly be founded on substantially different methods and theoretical bases: epistemology and ontology of specialised domains; research on language for.
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9789027298645 (electronic bk.)
9027298645 (electronic bk.)
9781556197710 (US ; alk. paper)
1556197713 (US ; alk. paper)
9789027223258 (Eur.)
9027223254 (Eur.)
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Note
Originally presented as vol. 1 of the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Bielefeld, Germany.
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-258) and indexes.
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