Economic terms and beyond : capitalising on the wealth of notions : how researchers in specialised varieties of English can benefit from focusing on terms /
This book, which is aimed at researchers in specialised varieties of English, provides an illustration of how linguists can use terms, i.e. the expression of concepts in specialised fields, as entry points to explore any specialised domain, whether academic or professional, and to get acquainted wit...
| Основен автор: | Resche, Catherine. |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Bern ; New York :
Peter Lang,
[2013]
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| Серия: |
Linguistic insights. Studies in language and communication ;
volume 176 |
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=665544 |
Съдържание:
- Cover; Contents 5; Acknowledgements 11; 1. Introduction 13; 2. Terminology, ESP and Specialised Varieties of English 23; 2.1. From Wuster onwards 24; 2.1.1. Wuster's most cited recommendations 27; 2.1.2. Another approach to Wuster's writings 28; 2.1.3. More recent approaches 30; 2.1.4. Cabre's Communicative Theory of Terminology, her "theory of doors" and the perspective adopted in this book 36; 2.2 ESP vs. Specialised Varieties of English (SVE) 38; 2.2.1. A reminder of ESP's preoccupations over the years 39; 2.2.2. The specificity of SVE research 42.
- 2.2.3. SVE researchers' different approaches 442.2.4. Specialised communities and specialised discourse 48; 3. From 'social philosophy' to 'economics': the specificity of economics 53; 3.1. From philosophy to economics 54; 3.1.1. From social philosophy to theological political philosophy 55; 3.1.2. From theological to secular political philosophy 57; 3.1.3. From secular political philosophy through moral philosophy to political economy 58; 3.1.4. The emergence of an economic science: economics 58; 3.2. The quest for scientificity: the physics envy 61.
- 3.2.1. Economics and the hierarchy of sciences 623.2.2. Mechanical physics as a model for economics 63; 3.2.3. The emergence of econometrics 66; 3.2.4. Keynes and after 67; 3.3. An alternative to mechanical physics: biological analogies 68; 3.3.1. A long, winding itinerary through time 68; 3.3.2. Disaffection and renewed interest 71; 3.4. The specificity of economics 74; 3.4.1. The goal and nature of economics 74; 3.4.2. Economics as a soft science 77; 3.5. Concluding remarks 82; 4. Insights from economic neonyms 83; 4.1. Basic patterns for neonyms and their linguistic forms 86.
- 4.2. Economists as wordsmiths 924.2.1. Economists' preoccupations with clear concepts and terms 93; 4.2.2. Economic neonyms coined by identifiable economists: an entry point into theory and the history of ideas 96; 4.2.3. Management neonyms coined by identifiable management figures: signposts on the path to management ideas 102; 4.3. A synchronic perspective: the recent subprime crisis and the neonyms it produced 112; 4.4. Neonyms as mirrors of a pluralistic stance in economics 117; 4.5. Neonyms as signals of potential paradigm shifts: the case of Green economics 124.
- 4.5.1. Key terms for Green economics vs. key terms for mainstream economics 1244.5.2. Could Green economics herald a new frontier? 130; 4.6. Concluding remarks 131; 5. Insights from metaphorical terms 133; 5.1. Metaphor theory, science and economics 135; 5.1.1. Metaphor: a controversial issue 135; 5.1.2. Science and metaphor 138; 5.1.3. Economics and metaphor 140; 5.2. Metaphorical terms as windows on theory 144; 5.2.1. The mechanistic mega-metaphor in economics 145; 5.2.2. The natural, organic, biological megametaphor in economics 153; 5.2.3. Intertwining metaphors 162.