Neoclassical internationalisms in scientific and popular terminology: a case study on Romance and Germanic languages

The paper reports on a comparative study of equivalence in scientific and popular terminology across Romance and Germanic languages. The study is carried out within the framework of Languages for Specific Purposes lexicography, and focuses on a corpus of medical terminology in seven European languag...

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Autor: Montero Fleta, Maria Begoña
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2013
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)
Repositorio:RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia
Idioma:inglés
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Palabra clave:Internationalisms
Word formation
Scientific terminology
Popular terms
Language of medicine
Equivalence.
FILOLOGIA INGLESA
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spelling Neoclassical internationalisms in scientific and popular terminology: a case study on Romance and Germanic languagesMontero Fleta, Maria BegoñaInternationalismsWord formationScientific terminologyPopular termsLanguage of medicineEquivalence.FILOLOGIA INGLESAThe paper reports on a comparative study of equivalence in scientific and popular terminology across Romance and Germanic languages. The study is carried out within the framework of Languages for Specific Purposes lexicography, and focuses on a corpus of medical terminology in seven European languages. The first aim of the study was to confirm or reject the international character of the terms of the corpus. The neoclassical etymology of the international words was highlighted, as well as the changes experienced in the loanwords to be adapted to the host lexical system. A second aim of the research undertaken was to analyse the corresponding popular language equivalents to the scientific medical terms studied. The hypothesis that Romance languages had a higher tendency to use international words in popular communication than Germanic languages, as stated by Stichele (2000), was only partially confirmed; English and French lexical items had more cases of overlap of scientific and popular terms than German and Spanish. As most of the scientific terms are mainly known by professionals but appear less accessible to lay audiences, the study claimed that specialized words should be substituted for their popular equivalents to reach a successful communication in doctor-patient healthcare interactions. Keywords. Internationalisms; Word formation; Scientific terminology; Popular termsTransEarl Co Ltd.Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politècnica de València Riunet20132013-01-01journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://riunet.upv.es/handle/10251/46944reponame:RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valénciainstname:Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)Inglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Reserva de todos los derechoshttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:riunet.upv.es:10251/469442026-06-13T07:49:27Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Neoclassical internationalisms in scientific and popular terminology: a case study on Romance and Germanic languages
title Neoclassical internationalisms in scientific and popular terminology: a case study on Romance and Germanic languages
spellingShingle Neoclassical internationalisms in scientific and popular terminology: a case study on Romance and Germanic languages
Montero Fleta, Maria Begoña
Internationalisms
Word formation
Scientific terminology
Popular terms
Language of medicine
Equivalence.
FILOLOGIA INGLESA
title_short Neoclassical internationalisms in scientific and popular terminology: a case study on Romance and Germanic languages
title_full Neoclassical internationalisms in scientific and popular terminology: a case study on Romance and Germanic languages
title_fullStr Neoclassical internationalisms in scientific and popular terminology: a case study on Romance and Germanic languages
title_full_unstemmed Neoclassical internationalisms in scientific and popular terminology: a case study on Romance and Germanic languages
title_sort Neoclassical internationalisms in scientific and popular terminology: a case study on Romance and Germanic languages
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Montero Fleta, Maria Begoña
author Montero Fleta, Maria Begoña
author_facet Montero Fleta, Maria Begoña
author_role author
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Internationalisms
Word formation
Scientific terminology
Popular terms
Language of medicine
Equivalence.
FILOLOGIA INGLESA
topic Internationalisms
Word formation
Scientific terminology
Popular terms
Language of medicine
Equivalence.
FILOLOGIA INGLESA
description The paper reports on a comparative study of equivalence in scientific and popular terminology across Romance and Germanic languages. The study is carried out within the framework of Languages for Specific Purposes lexicography, and focuses on a corpus of medical terminology in seven European languages. The first aim of the study was to confirm or reject the international character of the terms of the corpus. The neoclassical etymology of the international words was highlighted, as well as the changes experienced in the loanwords to be adapted to the host lexical system. A second aim of the research undertaken was to analyse the corresponding popular language equivalents to the scientific medical terms studied. The hypothesis that Romance languages had a higher tendency to use international words in popular communication than Germanic languages, as stated by Stichele (2000), was only partially confirmed; English and French lexical items had more cases of overlap of scientific and popular terms than German and Spanish. As most of the scientific terms are mainly known by professionals but appear less accessible to lay audiences, the study claimed that specialized words should be substituted for their popular equivalents to reach a successful communication in doctor-patient healthcare interactions. Keywords. Internationalisms; Word formation; Scientific terminology; Popular terms
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