Why traditional terminology theory impedes a realistic description of categories and terms in the life sciences

Terminology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 77-92

  Temmerman, Rita ^a  

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Author keywords

Category; Cognitve models; Diachrony; Lexicalisation; Life sciences; Metaphor; Polysemy; Prototype structure; Socio cognitive terminology; Synonymy; Template representation; Terminography; Understanding; Unit of understanding; Univocity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84989397881     PISSN: 09299971     EISSN: 15699994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/term.5.1.07tem     Document Type: Article

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