CHAPTER I. Theoretical Approach on Terms and Terminology
1.1 A Diachronic Overview of Term and Terminology
The motivation for the study of terminology was both spontaneous and theoretical. During the simultaneous expansion of knowledge and the growth of technology and communications in the 18th century, terminology was seen as a necessary tool for overcoming some of the difficulties associated with these multiple developments. Only in the 20th century has terminology acquired a scientific orientation while at the same time being recognized as a social important activity.
Terminology, the discipline concerned with the study and compilation of specialized terms is not a new field of study but only in recent decades has it been systematically developed, with full consideration of its principles, bases and methodology. Its social and political importance has now also been recognized on both the national and the international scale. Terminology, as we understand it today, first began to take shape in the 1930s and has only recently moved from amateurism to a truly scientific approach.
Due to the growing internationalization of science in the 19th century the need for scientists to have at their disposal a set of rules for formulating terms for their respective disciplines became apparent. In the 18th and 19th centuries scientists were the leaders in terminology; in the 20th century engineers and technicians have become involved. The rapid progress and development of technology required not only the naming of new concepts, but also agreement on the terms used.
During the first half of the 20th century neither linguistics nor social scientists paid special attention to terminology; only from the 1950s onwards...
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Not all experts agree that terminology constitutes a separate discipline, nor do all consider it a theoretical subject. For some, terminology is a practice dealing with social needs that are often related to political and/or commercial ends. In the opinion of others, terminology is a true scientific discipline that owes much to the other subject fields from which it borrows fundamental concepts; but it is, nevertheless, considered a separate discipline in the sense that it has reformulated and synthesized the original foundations so that it could build its own field.
There are many intermediate positions which, although recognizing that terminology contains some original theoretical aspects, only conceive of it within the framework of other, more consolidated disciplines.
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William Lutz in “the world of doublespeak” states that jargon is the specialized language of a trade, profession, or similar group, such as that used by doctors, lawyers, engineers, or educators” (391). Also to someone not associated with a specific group and their language jargon will not make sense. It is often used by individuals who wish to sound more intelligent or important. As mentioned in “the world of doublespeak” by Lutz that “jargon as doublespeak often makes the simple sound complex” (391). For example, when the news says intruders instead of bad people or execution instead of killing or when lawyers use the term “involuntary conversion” of property when discussing the loss or destruction of property that is considered using jargon. Lutz finds mainly doctors, lawyers and high educators that are responsible for the spread of jargon
This doesn't mean that a Controlled Vocabulary must be defined at a particular time, and remain eternally unchanged. Such an approach can hinder information retrieval as existing terms begin to be abused, as new concepts are added to the knowledge base.
There is a modest version and a robust version of descriptive philosophy of science. The aim of the modest version is the historical reconstruction of actual evaluative practice. Given that scientists preferred one theory (explanation, research strategy...) to a second, the modest descriptivist seeks to uncover the evaluative standards whose application led to this preference. For instance, the modest descriptivist may seek to uncover the standards implicit within such evaluative decisions as Aristotle's rejection of pangenesis, Newton's rejection of Cartesian Vortex Theory, or Einstein's insistence that the Copenhagen Interpretation of quantum mechanics is incomplete. Pursuit of a modest descriptive philosophy of science may require a certain amount of detective work, particularly for episodes in which the pronouncements of scientists and their actual practice do not coincide.
o What we call things and where we draw the line between one class of things and another depends upon the interests we have and the purpose of the classification.
It is a complicated term, or set of ideas, that has only emerged as an
conceptualization of the term/concept, and it also helps to show that the concept is indeed
...ually throughout the processes of the theory, certain words and definitions need to be decided on and kept. Confusion prevails when the terms and ways to understand the theory are continually changing.
New vocabulary required for inventions such as transport,domestic appliances and industrial equipment,or sporting,entertainment,cultural and leisure reasons.
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agreed upon legal and/or common definitions. In fact, neither is true: the term is not
In the technical field for example, there is technical jargon, as legal jargon is to the legal field. I have used the term “subnetting a segment of nodes” in a business context while describing the kind of work that was to be done, to some users of a system. The users only worked with applications and were not familiar with the details of networks, and it is no surprise that they could not understand what was said. Rephrasing helped clear this up.
The same seems to hold for art: You know what it is, I know it, but a definition is quite something else.
The technical jargon is a way to inform the broadsheet's audience. Both tabloids and broadsheets use this method to attract and keep the reader interested in the article, but they use very different languages. When using a reference from an interview in a story, it is a type of informative writing. Additionally, using references from an interview supports the article by providing evidence of the information being portrayed.
However, when looking at these words they are not things that I necessarily would use to define