A cognitive linguistics view of terminology and specialized language /

Terminology and Cognitive Linguistics have common areas of focus. Topics such as conceptual structure, category organization, knowledge representation, and metaphor are relevant to both. This book shows how Cognitive Linguistics can be applied to specialized language within the context of Frame-base...

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Corporate Authors: De Gruyter.
Group Author: Faber, Pamela.
Published: De Gruyter Mouton,
Publisher Address: Berlin ;Boston :
Publication Dates: [2012]
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Series: Applications of cognitive linguistics [acl] ; 20
Subjects:
Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/9783110277203
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Summary: Terminology and Cognitive Linguistics have common areas of focus. Topics such as conceptual structure, category organization, knowledge representation, and metaphor are relevant to both. This book shows how Cognitive Linguistics can be applied to specialized language within the context of Frame-based Terminology, a new cognitive approach to specialized knowledge units.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (321pages).
ISBN: 9783110277203(electronic bk.)
Index Number: P165
CLC: H04
Contents: Frontmatter --
Contents --
Index of Tables --
Index of Figures --
Image authorship and copyright --
1. Introduction --
2. Basic concepts --
3. Terms as specialized knowledge units --
4. Contextual information in specialized knowledge representation: linguistic contexts and images --
5. Conclusions --
6. References --
Thematic index --
Author index