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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. Construct a small concept system to represent the structure of a selected area of specialised knowledge. 2. Write professional-standard definitions for specialised concepts. 3. Evaluate terminographic and lexicographic sources. 4. Use conceptual tools to identify instances of synomymy, antonymy, hyponymy, etc, in a single language, and instances of equivalence across languages. 5. Extract useful conceptual and linguistic knowledge from specialised corpora. 6. Apply appropriate computerised tools in terminographic projects. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 |
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Indicative Content and
Learning Activities - general theory of terminology - practical terminography (incl. corpus-based terminography)- terminology management systems (Multiterm)- terminology extraction | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Programme or List of Programmes |
GTS | Graduate Diploma in Translation Studies |
MTS | Master of Arts in Translation Studies |
MTT | MSc in Translation Technology |
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