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STP806
Standardization of Technical Terminology: Principles and Practices


Pages: 157
Published: 1983
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The purpose of this book is to provide a better understanding of the underlying principles in technical terminology, term formation, definition writing, and glossary compilation. In addition, STP 806 addresses the problems encountered when terminology standards are inadeguintely written.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Interrante C.

Summary and Commentary
Heymann F.

Basic Principles and Methods for the Preparation of Terminology Standards
Felber H.

Terminology and the Well-Formed Definition
Strehlow R.

The Varieties of Compound Terms and Their Treatment
Strehlow R.

Neonymic Creativity
Alber-DeWolf R.

Is Standardization Always Necessary?
Nakos D.

The International Activities of Infoterm and the TermNet Programs
Felber H.

Terminology in Technical Communications
Gaskill J.

Systems of Terminology
Pratt H.

Birth of a Terminology Standard
Sullivan C.

Writing a Definitive Work for the Coatings Industry: The Paint/Coatings Dictionary
LeSota S.

What Happens to Terms That Have Failed Standardization? They Live On and Proliferate in Dictionaries
Duquet-Picard D.

Preparing Terminology Standards: The Importance of Providing Essential Linkages and Usage Information
Davidson J., Sitarski M.

The Banque de Terminologie du Qubec, An Instrument of Qubec's Program to Work in French
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Managing an Uncontrolled Vocabulary in Biology: A Case Study
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A Glossary of Terminology


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Committee: E02
Paper ID: STP806-EB
DOI: 10.1520/STP806-EB
ISBN-EB: 978-0-8031-4852-9

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