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Call for papers
Lexicography: Journal of ASIALEX
http://www.springer.com/education+%26+language/linguistics/journal/40607
Guest editors: Pam Peters, Jun Ding, Yongwei Gao
Editor-in-chief: Yukio Tono
Special theme for Vol. 4, No. 1 (June, 2017): Medical Lexicography,
Terminology and Terminography
Deadline for paper submission: April 30, 2017
Online submission and detail: http://www.springer.com/journal/40607
Papers are invited for publication in Lexicography 4.1 (June, 2017) with
the special theme “Medical Lexicography, Terminology and Terminography.”
Possible topics are suggested below.
Possible topics
-Terminology: medical, scientific, technical
-Terminography: defining and describing specialized terminology
-Specialized lexicography in medical and scientific fields
-Termontography, and uses of ontology in specialized lexicography
-Verbal and graphic visualizations of terminology
-Levels of technicality in specialized vocabulary
-Specialized dictionary types: monolingual, bilingual, bilingualized
-Intended users: first- or second-language learners; students; trainees in
health sciences; doctors, nurses and other health professionals
-Dictionary media: print, digital (websites including apps, CD-ROM,
hand-held devices)
-Exploitation of digital medium: multimedia; interactive dimensions
-Lexicographic perspectives: user, language teacher, publisher, editor,
dictionary maker
-Initiatives: individual, intramural, local, national, international
-Teaching terminology and specialized vocabulary; training in dictionary
use and terminology acquisition
-Research into pedagogy of acquiring terminology: in professional contexts;
via terminological dictionaries, termbank use
-Influence/implications for compilation of specialized
dictionaries/termbanks and their design: use of corpus techniques;
optimizing user interface, mediostructure and external links; frontiers
with encyclopedic sources etc.
-Relationship of specialized lexicography with national and international
terminology authorities
Contact:
Pam Peters, guest editor for the special issue: pam.peters@xxxxxxxxx
Yukio Tono, chief editor: y.tono@xxxxxxxxxx
