Terminology is the study of terms and their use — of words and compound words that are used in specific contexts. A word is a unit of Language that carries meaning and consists of one or more Morphemes which are linked more or less tightly together and has a Phonetic In Linguistics, a compound is a Lexeme (less precisely a Word) that consists of more than one stem.

Terminology also denotes a more formal discipline which systematically studies the labelling or designating of concepts particular to one or more subject fields or domains of human activity, through research and analysis of terms in context, for the purpose of documenting and promoting correct usage. The term "concept" is traced back to 1554–60 ( l conceptum - something conceived but what is today termed "the classical theory of concepts" is the theory of Aristotle This study can be limited to one language or can cover more than one language at the same time (multilingual terminology, bilingual terminology, and so forth).

Terminology is not connected to Information Retrieval in any way. Information retrieval ( IR) is the science of searching for documents for Information within documents and for metadata about documents as well as that "Terms" (i. e. index terms) used in an Information Retrieval context are not the same as "terms" used in the context of Terminology.

Overview

The discipline of terminology is based on its own theoretical principles and consists primarily of the following aspects:

• analysing the concepts and concept structures used in a field or domain of activity
• identifying the terms assigned to the concepts
• in the case of bilingual or multilingual terminology, establishing correspondences between terms in the various languages
• compiling the terminology(artifact), on paper or in databases
• managing terminology databases
• creating new terms, as required

Types of terminology

A distinction is made between two types of terminology:

• Ad hoc terminology, which deals with a single term or a limited number of terms
• Systematic terminology, which deals with all the terms in a specific subject field or domain of activity

Ad hoc terminology is prevalent in the translation profession, where a translation for a specific term (or group of terms) is required quickly to solve a particular translation problem. A terminology can be defined as a set of designations in a subject field A Computer Database is a structured collection of records or data that is stored in a computer system Translation is the interpreting of the meaning of a text and the subsequent production of an equivalent text likewise called a " translation

Terminology as a discipline

As a discipline, terminology is related to translation, alongside which it is often taught in universities and translation schools. Translation is the interpreting of the meaning of a text and the subsequent production of an equivalent text likewise called a " translation Large translation departments and translation bureaus will often have a terminology section, or will require translators to do terminology research.

Typology

Terminology is also defined by context, the study of terms primarily concerned with organizing them by the context in which they are used. These contexts may include:

• Military terminology
• Political terminology
• Scientific terminology
• Technical terminology
• Rail terminology

See also

External links

• Terminology from the Ordre des traducteurs, terminologues et interprètes agréés du Québec website
• Muegge, Uwe (2007). Military terminology refers to the terms and language of Military organizations and Personnel as belonging to a discrete category as distinguishable by Politics Politics is the process by which groups of people make decisions International Scientific Vocabulary (or ISV) is a form of vocabulary comprising scientific and specialized words whose language of origin may or may not be certain but which Technical terminology is the specialized Vocabulary of a field 0-9 Note for 4-4-0 2-6-4T 0-4-4-0 etc See Whyte notation or UIC classification A B The term "concept" is traced back to 1554–60 ( l conceptum - something conceived but what is today termed "the classical theory of concepts" is the theory of Aristotle Critical Vocabulary A critical vocabulary is a formal Terminology related to one or more branches of Critical theory. See also List of glossaries A glossary is a list of terms in a particular domain of knowledge with the definitions for those terms Language interpreting or interpretation is the intellectual activity of facilitating oral and sign-language communication either simultaneously or consecutively between two For Wikipedia jargon see WikipediaGlossary. For hacker slang see Jargon File. Translation is the interpreting of the meaning of a text and the subsequent production of an equivalent text likewise called a " translation A dictionary is a book of alphabetically listed Words in a specific language with definitions etymologies pronunciations and other information or a book of alphabetically Specialised lexicography (also spelled specialized Lexicography) is an academic discipline that is concerned with the design compilation use and evaluation of specialized dictionaries Taxonomy is the practice and science of classification The word comes from the Greek, taxis (meaning 'order' 'arrangement' and, nomos Terminology planning is a Planning activity for developing Domain communication largely according to the needs and requirements of Knowledge representation An ontology in both Computer science and Information science is a formal representation of a set of concepts within a domain and the relationships between In Philosophy, ontology (from the Greek, genitive: of being (part Controlled vocabularies provide a way to organize knowledge for subsequent retrieval The Ordre des traducteurs terminologues et interprètes agréés du Québec ( OTTIAQ) is a professional order representing translators, terminologists and Uwe Muegge (pronounced mygə}} (b 1960 is an innovator and educator in the field of Translation. "Disciplining words: What you always wanted to know about terminology management". tcworld (3): 17–19. tekom.  
• Faoterm from the FAO TERMINOLOGY website

• The Online Dictionary of Language Terminology
• TermSciences, the Scientific Terminology Database