Module: Computerised Terminology

Module Specifications.

Current Academic Year 2024 - 2025

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Date posted: September 2024

Module Title	Computerised Terminology
Module Code	LC516 (ITS) / TRA1013 (Banner)
Faculty	Humanities & Social Sciences	School	SALIS
Module Co-ordinator	Patrick Cadwell
Module Teachers	-
NFQ level	9	Credit Rating	10
Pre-requisite	Not Available
Co-requisite	Not Available
Compatibles	Not Available
Incompatibles	Not Available

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Description

This module introduces students to the theory and practice of terminology, and gives students hands-on experience of contemporary tools used in terminography, including terminology management systems, term extraction tools, and corpus processing tools.

Learning Outcomes

1. Explain in their own words different linguistic and statistical approaches that can be taken to extracting conceptual and terminological information from a collection of texts and give examples
2. Use a computerised text analysis tool to extract term candidates from a collection of highly specialised digital texts
3. Appraise the degree to which term candidates proposed by a computerised tool relate to domain-specific concepts in a collection of highly specialised digital texts
4. Classify the terminological and conceptual information extracted from a collection of highly specialised texts
5. Write terminology-oriented definitions for concepts identified in a collection of highly specialised digital texts using ISO standards
6. Reflect on their experience of using computerised tools to carry out terminology work

*Type*	*Hours*	*Description*
Workload	Full-time hours per semester
Directed learning	22	Attending synchronous teaching sessions
Independent Study	70	Completing assigned and independently selected readings
Directed learning	30	Reviewing content asynchronously (slides, videos, etc.)
Directed learning	40	Practising using terminology tools
Independent Study	28	Reviewing examples of highly specialised texts
Directed learning	10	Small quizzes, directed discussions, etc. assigned during the semester)
Independent Study	50	Assignment completion (definition critique, short essay, terminology project)
Total Workload: 250

All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml

Indicative Content and Learning Activities

Indicative Content
Elements of terminology work; Theoretical basis of terminology; Terminology and lexicography; Sourcing highly specialised texts; Characteristics and concept systems; Manual and automated term identification/extraction; Terminology-oriented definitions; Terminology management; Termbase creation and editing.

Indicative Learning Activities
Reading assigned texts and independently selected texts; Submitting short assignments to explain key theoretical ideas in your own words and give examples; Locating related digital texts in highly specialised domains of knowledge; Compiling a digital corpus of texts using a computerised tool; Constructing and representing graphically a small concept system based on analysis of a corpus of texts; Organising conceptual and terminological information in term records using a terminology management tool; Applying ISO standards to the creation of terminology-oriented definitions; Reflecting on the use of technology in contemporary terminology work.

Assessment Breakdown
Continuous Assessment	100%	Examination Weight	0%

Type	Description	% of total	Assessment Date
Course Work Breakdown
Assignment	Critical analysis of a definition submitted during the semester	5%	n/a
Assignment	Short essay submitted during the semester	15%	n/a
Assignment	Small terminology project submitted at the end of the semester	80%	n/a

Reassessment Requirement Type
Resit arrangements are explained by the following categories: Resit category 1: A resit is available for both* components of the module. Resit category 2: No resit is available for a 100% continuous assessment module. Resit category 3: No resit is available for the continuous assessment component where there is a continuous assessment and examination element.
* ‘Both’ is used in the context of the module having a Continuous Assessment/Examination split; where the module is 100% continuous assessment, there will also be a resit of the assessment
This module is category 1

Indicative Reading List

Lynne Bowker,Jennifer Pearson: 2002, Working with Specialized Language, Psychology Press, 9780415236997
Lynne Bowker: 2002, Computer-aided Translation Technology, University of Ottawa Press, 9780776605388
Maria Teresa Cabré,Juan C. Sager: 1999, Terminology, John Benjamins Publishing Company, 9781556197888
Conference of Translation Services of European States): 2003, Recommendations for Terminology Work, Federal Chancellery., Berne,
HORVáTH, I.: 2016, The Modern Translator and Interpreter, Eötvös University Press, Budapest,
ISO: 2009, Terminology work - principles and methods, ISO, Geneva,
Hendrik J. Kockaert,Frieda Steurs: 2015, Handbook of Terminology, John Benjamins Publishing Company, 9789027269560
Juan C. Sager: 1990, A Practical Course in Terminology Processing, John Benjamins Publishing, 9789027274342
Marcel Thelen,Frieda Steurs: 2010, Terminology in Everyday Life, John Benjamins Publishing, 9027223378
Sue Ellen Wright,Gerhard Budin: 2001, Handbook of Terminology Management: Basic aspects of terminology management, John Benjamins Publishing, 9789027221544

Other Resources

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