This volume comprises contributions originally presented at the 15th European Symposium on Languages for Special Purposes held at the University of Bergamo on 29 August - 2 September 2005. The volume is divided into four parts: Approaches to Terminological Theories; Terms in Discourse; Knowledge Elicitation, Ordering and Management; Term extraction and terminographical work.
The research presented in the various contributions to this volume clearly indicates that terminology as an inter- and transdisciplinary field of knowledge is firmly developing its theoretical foundations and practical applications in accordance with and within the framework of its overall goal: to ensure and to augment the quality of communication with professional content.

Autorentext

The Editor: Heribert Picht was until 2005 Professor of Terminology, LSP and Knowledge Representation at Copenhagen Business School and the Norwegian School of Economics in Bergen. His research work and publications are related to terminology theory, applied terminology, knowledge representation, semiotics related to terminology and terminology didactics. His most recent publications are La representación de objetos y conceptos (2002), The Concept in Terminology. A Unit of Thought, Knowledge or Cognition? (2003), Überlegungen zum Gegenstand und zum Begriff in der Terminologie (2004).

Inhalt
Contents: Heribert Picht: Preface Serguey D. Shelov/Vladimir M. Leitchik: Terminology Science in Russia: Social Needs and Object Content Larissa Alexeeva/Valentina Novodranova: A Cognitive Approach to Terminology Nina Pilke/Birthe Toft: The Theoretical Foundations of the Nordic Approach to Terminology Marie-Claude L'Homme: A Look at some Canadian Contributions to Terminology Rute Costa: Plurality of Theoretical Approaches to Terminology Gerhard Budin: Terminology Studies in the German-Speaking Communities Margaret Rogers/Sue Ellen Wright: Approaches to Terminological Theories: The Anglo-Saxon Approach Bassey E. Antia/Richard Kamai: African Issues in Terminology: An Educational Perspective Elizabeth Schlomann Lowe/Sue Ellen Wright: The Life and Works of Alfred Schlomann: Terminology Theory and Globalization Christer Laurén/Heribert Picht: Approaches to Terminological Theories: A Comparative Study of the State-of-the-Art Maria Giovanna Nigro: The Language of Tourism as LSP? A Corpus-Based Study of the Discourse of Guidebooks Jan Roald : Polylexicalité : Examen structurel à la lumière du discours juridico-économique Bettina Mottura: The Changing Terminology of Chinese Public Administration Walther v. Hahn: Merging Computer-Readable Heterogeneous Terminological Material: The ManageLex Tool Christer Laurén: An Expert System: Guessing and Entertaining when Solving a Problem Elizabeth Marshman/Marie-Claude L'Homme: Disambiguating Lexical Markers of Cause and Effect Using Actantial Structures and Actant Classes Niina Nissilä: Concept Systems in the Balance Sheet Ana María Monterde Rey: Genesis: Programa Informático Dirigido a Estudiantes de Terminología para la Generación de Sistemas de Conceptos Cristina Valentini: Sviluppo di Risorse Documentali e Terminologiche per la Didattica dei Linguaggi Specialistici: Il Sito Terminologico ITSHEwb Magnar Brekke: Domain-Focal Terms and the Lexical Delimitation of Subdomains Patrick Drouin: Termhood: Quantifying the Relevance of a Candidate Term Nina Pilke: Terminological Equivalence in Parallel Texts Natascia Ralli/Isabella Ties: Corpora e Terminologia: Applicazioni Pratiche in Bistro.