Re: resource materials about creating a vocabulary

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From: Peter T. Daniels
Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2007 13:32

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On Jun 25, 8:43 am, jjoensuu <j_joen...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> first of all, apologies if this posting does not exactly match the
> subject of the discussion group. I was a bit clueless as to which
> group to post this question to.
>
> I am looking for information (books, etc) on the subject of "creating
> a vocabulary on something on which no vocabulary as of yet exists".
> With "something" I am here referring to e.g. a new technology,
> process, or a set of ideas in the mind which cannot be unambiguously
> described with a currently existing vocabulary.
>
> In other words, this is about the creation of a vocabulary for
> communication of new ideas in a natural language.
>
> I am mainly interested of a conceptual framework or a set of best
> practices for the process of developing a vocabulary, if anything like
> that exists. Alternatively, documentation on the history and/or
> problems encountered when attempting to communicate new ideas would be
> useful.
>
> Any direction in this would be appreciated.

You're looking for the field of linguistics called "lexicology" and
the field of translation studies called "terminology."

What's "alt.language"?

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