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MCLS 70003, Fall Semester 2007:
Terminology Studies, Discussion Guide SW4

Version: 2007-08-30
SW 4,  General Theory of Terminology
Instructor PowerPoint: Traditional Views on Concept Theory (See MCLS-IAL1/Public/70003)
The readings present two major views of concept theory as it relates to terminology studies.
Readings
See 70003_SW4_TerminologyTheory Folder on MCLS-IAL1/Public/70003 Server for articles.
Sager, Juan. 1990. "The Cognitive Dimension." In: Sager, Juan. A Practical Course in Terminology Processing. Amsterdam & Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company.
Felber, Helmut. 1984. "Fundamentals of the General Theory of Terminology." Terminology Manual. Paris: Unesco.
Wüster's Four-part Word Model

Pease, Craig M. and Bull, James J. "All Models are False. But Some Are Useful Anyway." In: Scientific Decision-making (the book for Bio301D).  http://www.utexas.edu/courses/bio301d/Table.of.contents.html


Felber introduces two views of the so-called semiotic model (see also the alternate view of Wüster's model). Sager assiduously avoids discussing the model, but addresses many of the same issues. How does the Pease & Bull article color your view of Felber? Do you think that there may be differences in the way people may attempt to model general language and the kinds of tools that we might use to simplify the documentation of special language terminology?
Task Description
There is no specific task associated with this class.
Student PowerPoint Presentations
Student PowerPoints: short, 5-10 slide presentations on:
  1. Plato and concepts
  2. Frege and the semiotic/semantic triangle
  3. Ogden and Richards and the semiotic/semantic triangle
Deliverables 
Submit PPTs after class for inclusion in the MCLS-IAL1 resource.