Abstract

This publication, which results from Kreuder's Habilitationsschrift of 2001 at the University of Marburg, investigates the development of terminological reference works in Germany within the field of linguistics, and approaches in the compilation of these works. Kreuder (2003: 3) defines terms in linguistics or terminology as those terms belonging to a special class of lexical items on a metalinguistic level by means of which information about language can be conveyed. His main aim is to determine how linguists and lexicographers presented special-field linguistic terms up to the late 1990s, and to establish the usability of a wide range of especially German linguistic dictionaries with regard to the needs of the intended users. In this investigation, the conceptual strong points and weak points of the dictionaries under discussion are specifically mentioned.

Highlights

  • Kreuder's study describes the history and development of linguistic terminological dictionaries aimed at German-speaking users

  • Kreuder gives the reader an idea of how difficult it is to establish the terminology in a special field; the situation of German linguistic terminology can serve as example for all those special fields in other languages where terminology has to be established

  • The book is divided into two parts; the first part gives an overview of the development of some European and mostly German linguistic terminological reference works

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Introduction

Kreuder's study describes the history and development of linguistic terminological dictionaries aimed at German-speaking users. Kreuder (2003: 169) aims to present a step-by-step description of the development of linguistic terminological dictionaries in Germany, in which he takes into account the social-historical circumstances and the relationships between the various dictionaries.

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