Terminological vagueness and achieving referential accuracy

VOGEL, Radek. Terminological vagueness and achieving referential accuracy. Online. 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. s. 181-192. ISBN 80-210-4203-6. [citováno 2024-04-24]

Základní údaje

• Originální název: Terminological vagueness and achieving referential accuracy
• Autoři: VOGEL, Radek
• Vydání: 1. vydání. Brno, Discourse and Interaction 2. Sborník prací Pedagogické fakulty Masarykovy univerzity. (Edit. R. Povolná a O. Dontcheva-Navrátilová). od s. 181-192, 12 s. 2006.
• Nakladatel: Nakladatelství Masarykovy univerzity, 2006

Další údaje

• Typ výsledku: Stať ve sborníku
• Utajení: není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství
• Organizační jednotka: Pedagogická fakulta
• ISBN: 80-210-4203-6
• Klíčová slova anglicky: Terminology; denotative vagueness; referential accuracy; verbal context; context of general experience; situational context; synonymy; polysemy.
• Štítky: context of general experience, denotative vagueness, polysemy., referential accuracy, situational context, synonymy, Terminology, verbal context

Anotace

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.

Anotace anglicky

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.