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Università degli Studi di Torino Centro Linguistico Interfacoltà per le Facoltà Umanistiche. Modulo 2. Introduzione allo studio dei linguaggi settoriali. "Experimenting terminological work. "Mobile phones: a small glossary of technical terms". English or “ Englishes ”?.
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Università degli Studi di Torino Centro Linguistico Interfacoltà per le Facoltà Umanistiche Modulo 2. Introduzione allo studio dei linguaggi settoriali. "Experimenting terminological work. "Mobile phones: a small glossary of technical terms" English or “Englishes”? Adriana Teresa Damascelli adrianateresa.damascelli@unito.it
What’s the differencebetween…. Goodmorning, Mrs Jones Hi Jane! color colour van truck
What’s the meaningof? field bank trend
What’s the English for….? mobile mobile phone cellular phone cellphone handphone
Remarks Languagechangesaccordingto the situation: • Geographicalvariety (Am / Br / Aus) • Social variety (age / gender) • Contextvariety (general / specialised )
Contextvariety: LGP vs. ESP Terminology : eachtermrefersto a concept Information Technology Internet Programming Computers Connection Web Search Web Computer HDs Printers Monitors Search Engines Crawlers DSL ISDN JAVA C++ Pascal ATA SATA InkJet Laser LCD TFT