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Archived Version 2023 - 2024
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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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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Learning Activities Indicative ContentElements 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 ActivitiesReading 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. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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