VOGEL, Radek. Terminological vagueness and achieving referential accuracy. In Discourse and Interaction 2. Sborník prací Pedagogické fakulty Masarykovy univerzity. (Edit. R. Povolná a O. Dontcheva-Navrátilová). 1. vydání. Brno: Nakladatelství Masarykovy univerzity, 2006, 2006, p. 181-192. ISBN 80-210-4203-6.
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Original name Terminological vagueness and achieving referential accuracy
Authors VOGEL, Radek.
Edition 1. vydání. Brno, Discourse and Interaction 2. Sborník prací Pedagogické fakulty Masarykovy univerzity. (Edit. R. Povolná a O. Dontcheva-Navrátilová). p. 181-192, 12 pp. 2006.
Publisher Nakladatelství Masarykovy univerzity, 2006
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Type of outcome Proceedings paper
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
Organization unit Faculty of Education
ISBN 80-210-4203-6
Keywords in English Terminology; denotative vagueness; referential accuracy; verbal context; context of general experience; situational context; synonymy; polysemy.
Tags context of general experience, denotative vagueness, polysemy., referential accuracy, situational context, synonymy, Terminology, verbal context
Changed by Changed by: Mgr. Radek Vogel, Ph.D., učo 33061. Changed: 9/2/2007 19:27.
Abstract
Although systematic terminologies are assumed to consist of unambiguous terms with precisely defined denotation, synonyms as well as semantically broad and polysemous expressions can be found frequently. Even the relatively exact field of activity, finance and accounting, which was used as the source of linguistic material for this research, relies on a terminological system where synonyms and naming units with several meanings are not rare. Despite this drawback, reference in the practical application of financial and accounting terms is achieved quite successfully. The paper analyses the reasons for terminological plurality and vagueness, and looks into the ways in which users of such terminologies make their meaning clear. The concepts of a term and vagueness are revisited in this connection.
Abstract (in English)
Although systematic terminologies are assumed to consist of unambiguous terms with precisely defined denotation, synonyms as well as semantically broad and polysemous expressions can be found frequently. Even the relatively exact field of activity, finance and accounting, which was used as the source of linguistic material for this research, relies on a terminological system where synonyms and naming units with several meanings are not rare. Despite this drawback, reference in the practical application of financial and accounting terms is achieved quite successfully. The paper analyses the reasons for terminological plurality and vagueness, and looks into the ways in which users of such terminologies make their meaning clear. The concepts of a term and vagueness are revisited in this connection.
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