%0 Journal Article %1 Leech1999 %A Leech, Patrick %D 1999 %J InTRAlinea : Rivista de traduttologia %K Diccion Tecnolog{\'{\i}}as Terminolog{\'{\i}}a de informaci{\'{o}}n la %T 'Who says Manchester says cotton.' Textile terminology in the Oxford English Dictionary %U http://www.intralinea.it/vol2/leech/default.htm %V 2 %X The study of technical lexis, terminology, tends to focus on lexemes currently in use. This is in particular due to a bias in the discipline towards producing useful knowledge: descriptions of and prescriptions for the agreed uses of terms in specific and often technical fields. The aim of terminology studies is thus an applied one: to reinforce specific denotation and precise relationships between words and things. This aim entails a tendency towards synchrony, towards the analysis of the references of lexemes within a system conceived of as a stable chronological entity (see in particular Sager 1990: 39-40; Rey 1995: 23-47), and eschews, on the whole, the study of the historical development of terminological fields. %Z Language: eng

@article{Leech1999, abstract = {The study of technical lexis, terminology, tends to focus on lexemes currently in use. This is in particular due to a bias in the discipline towards producing useful knowledge: descriptions of and prescriptions for the agreed uses of terms in specific and often technical fields. The aim of terminology studies is thus an applied one: to reinforce specific denotation and precise relationships between words and things. This aim entails a tendency towards synchrony, towards the analysis of the references of lexemes within a system conceived of as a stable chronological entity (see in particular Sager 1990: 39-40; Rey 1995: 23-47), and eschews, on the whole, the study of the historical development of terminological fields.}, added-at = {2015-12-01T11:35:13.000+0100}, annote = {Language: eng}, author = {Leech, Patrick}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/20ebe0d41e55d90ec1d8ec294cb6b1f2c/sofiagruiz92}, interhash = {0d66fa5eb98844055bd99f36d3006776}, intrahash = {0ebe0d41e55d90ec1d8ec294cb6b1f2c}, journal = {InTRAlinea : Rivista de traduttologia}, keywords = {Diccion Tecnolog{\'{\i}}as Terminolog{\'{\i}}a de informaci{\'{o}}n la}, language = {eng}, timestamp = {2015-12-01T11:35:13.000+0100}, title = {{'Who says Manchester says cotton.' Textile terminology in the Oxford English Dictionary}}, url = {http://www.intralinea.it/vol2/leech/default.htm}, volume = 2, year = 1999 }