Persoalan keunggulan univositi: perbezaan antara terminologi sosiokognitif dengan terminologi tradisional

Abstract

In this article we are questioning the univocity ideal of traditional Terminology. We show how traditional Terminology in line with the Saussurian structuralism ignores part of the interplay between the elements of the semantic triangle. Cognitive semantics and functional linguistics have offered an alternative for the Saussurian structuralist approach. Several of their findings can be used for the development of socio-cognitive Terminology. In the Language for Special Purposes ( LSP) of the life sciences, the structure of concept reflects their epistemological function. This could have consequences for the principles and methods of terminological description. While some concepts (like intron) are clear cut and therefore be submitted to the principle of univocity, others (like blotting and biotechnology) have prototype structure. For prototypically structured categories univocity cannot be the aim as polysemy, synonymy and figurative language are part of their naming history.