COURSE UNIT TITLE

: TERMINOLOGY AND TERMINOGRAPHY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FSH 0034 TERMINOLOGY AND TERMINOGRAPHY ELECTIVE 2 0 0 2

Offered By

Faculty Of Science

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR MUHITTIN AYGÜN

Offered to

Physics(Evening)
Chemistry
Biology
Statistics(Evening)
Computer Science
Mathematics (Evening)
Statistics
Chemistry (Evening)
Physics
Mathematics

Course Objective

The objective of this course is to enable the student to acquire basic knowledge and principles on terminology and terminography. The course is aimed at developing methods and skills in building up data categories for monolingual and multilingual term banks. The course operates in the context of the information society of the late 20th early 21st century, in which the explosion of specialist knowledge and the increasing importance of communication across linguistic and subject boundaries.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Be aware of the importance of terminology in many aspects of modern life;
2   Understand some of the issues associated with the electronic storage of monolingual and/or Multilingual terminological data;
3   Develop terminological data banks for specified domains;
4   Undertake the compilation of terminologies in specified domains;
5   Participate, manage, evaluate, inspect and/or contribute to terminological work for groups of translators and scientists;
6   Evaluate existing terminological sources for specific purposes;

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 What is terminology Why terminology Professional terminology The role of the terminologist in a language/translation company
2 The latest developments in terminology: theories, research and applications. The precursors of modern terminology. Eugen Wüster s works
3 The relationship between terminology lexicology lexicography
4 The relationship between object concept term definition. What is an object What is a concept What is a term What is a definition Types of definitions
5 The difference between a term and a word
6 The relationship between term and concept
7 Equivalence and their degrees
8 Mid-term exam
9 Term creation methods (1) Monolingual term creation
10 Term creation methods (2) Translation-oriented term creation
11 Primary term formation. Secondary term formation. What is an ideal term
12 Conceptual systems (1): Logical systems. Conceptual systems (2): Ontological systems
13 Conceptual systems (3): Temporal systems. Conceptual systems (4): Mixed systems
14 Terminology resources

Recomended or Required Reading

Main Textbook(s):
1. Rogers, Margaret Ann (1997/98) Terminology. Part I & II. Unpublished Notes from the MA in Translation Studies. Guildford: University of Surrey.

Supplementary Material(s):
2. Cabré, Teresa Maria (1998) Terminology: Theory, Methods and Applications. Juan C. Sager (ed.), Janet Ann DeCesaris (transl.). Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publisihing Company.
3. COTSOWES: Recommendations for Terminology Work. (1990) Conference of Translation Services of West European States Working Party on Terminology and Documentation (ed.). Bern: Swiss Federal Chancellery.
4. Laurén Christer, Myking Johan & Picht Heribert (1998) Terminologie Unter der Lupe: Vom Grenzgebiet zum Wissenschaftszweig. Viyana: TermNet, International Network for Terminology.
5. Picht, Heribert & Draskau, Jennifer (1985) Terminology: An Introduction. Guildford: University of Surrey.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures, Presentations, Practical Work in the Classroom, Use of Internet Resources.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Learning outcomes 1-6 will be evaluated through mid-term and final examinations.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Attendance to at least 70% for the lectures is an essential requirement of this course and is the responsibility of the student. It is necessary that attendance to the lecture and homework delivery must be on time. Any unethical behavior that occurs either in presentations or in exams will be dealt with as outlined in school policy. You can find the undergraduate policy at http://web.deu.edu.tr/fen.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 1 13
Preparation for midterm exam 1 4 4
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 55

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15PO.16PO.17
LO.144
LO.244
LO.335
LO.433
LO.545
LO.644

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