5. Interpretative and epistemological examination

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Acknowledgements xi
4. Preface xiii
5. Part I. Background
6. 1. The sphere of terminology 3
7. 2. The nature of terminological data 17
8. Part II. Distributional dynamics
9. 3. The mathematical framework and the status of data 43
10. 4. The dynamics of morphemes in terminologies 67
11. 5. Interpretative and epistemological examination 109
12. Part III. Tropistic structure
13. 6. Terminological structure and network representations 125
14. 7. The tropistic nature of terminologies 149
15. 8. The status of morphemes in terminological structures 187
16. Part IV. Conclusions
17. 9. Quantitative approaches to terminology in perspective 219
18. Bibliography 227
19. Author index 237
20. Subject index 239