The Need for Establishing a Terminology Database in Albanian as a Step towards Categorization of Terms

Authors

  • Arjan Shumeli English Department
  • Luljeta Mine
  • Esmeralda Sherko

Abstract

Establishing a terminology databank for both broad and narrow domains of knowledge is essential for the process of categorization and standardization of terms across different text sources and for translation purposes. The creation of this terminology databank is not a process that starts and ends simultaneously. On the contrary, the terminologist has to allow for a number of years between the time the new term is coined and the time the term is defined and elaborated before it enters this term bank. In addition, the terminologist has to examine closely the life cycle of the term to look for additional meanings being added to the original meaning or old terms dropping out of usage and being replaced by new ones. Neologisms are on the rise due to the unstoppable advances in technology and production and globalization is a reality amongst us. It is advisable to utilize a vast corpus of texts to create this database by using a concept-based approach to terminology as well as the appropriate computer tools and methods.

Keywords: terms, terminology, term databank, standardization, translation.

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Published

2016-01-03

How to Cite

Shumeli, A., Mine, L., & Sherko, E. (2016). The Need for Establishing a Terminology Database in Albanian as a Step towards Categorization of Terms. ANGLISTICUM. Journal of the Association-Institute for English Language and American Studies, 3(2), 11–16. Retrieved from https://www.anglisticum.org.mk/index.php/IJLLIS/article/view/639

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Volume 3, No.2, February, 2014

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