Word Formation and Transparency in Medical English.

As a side effect of the rapid progress in medical research and of the emergence of new medical conditions, medicine is a domain where new concepts have to be named more frequently than in many other domains. Because of the prominent position of English in medical research, most of these concepts are...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Pius ten Hacken, RenÃita PanocovÃi
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2015.
Temas:
Medicine > Terminology.
Medical sciences > Terminology.
Translating and interpreting.
Language and languages.
Terminology as Topic
Concept Formation
Translating
Language
Médecine > Terminologie.
Sciences de la santé > Terminologie.
Traduction.
Langage et langues.
languages (study discipline)
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > General.
Medical sciences.
Medicine.
Terminology.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:As a side effect of the rapid progress in medical research and of the emergence of new medical conditions, medicine is a domain where new concepts have to be named more frequently than in many other domains. Because of the prominent position of English in medical research, most of these concepts are first named in English. This raises questions relating to the naming strategies adopted and the consequences of the choice of particular strategies. These consequences are not restricted to English, because the English terms often need to be translated and are sometimes borrowed.This volume consist.
Descripción Física:1 online resource
ISBN:1443885096
9781443885096

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