New Pathways to Terminological Minimum

• Authors: Łukasik Marek
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

It is widely accepted that terminological minimum is a practical means used for the selection of specialist vocabulary to be taught at various proficiency levels in LSP courses. This popular understanding of the notion renders it similar to the concept of lexical minimum; from the didactic perspective, the two notions seem to largely overlap, being in fact vocabulary lists based mainly on the frequency parameter. However, this picture has largely obscured the true ontological status of the two concepts, and it was not until only recently that the notion of lexical minimum was defined in a more comprehensive way, bringing to light some of its most salient characteristics. Likewise, it seems necessary to re-define the notion of the terminological minimum, if only on account of the specific nature of the lexical unit included in them, i.e. the term. The current paper attempts to elucidate the notion in question and to provide a methodological framework for the compilation of a modern terminological minimum.

Keywords

EN

corpus methodology; lexical competence; lexical minimum; LSP; minimum vocabulary; metalexicography; terminology; terminography

• Publisher: Instytut Komunikacji Specjalistycznej i Interkulturowej
• Journal: Applied Linguistics Papers
• Year: 2018
• Issue: 25/2
• Pages: 133-168

Dates

published

2018

Contributors

author

Łukasik Marek

• Pomeranian University in Słupsk

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