The Dynamics of Terms in Specialised Communication

23rd of April 2010

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Introduction

Centrum voor vaktaal en Communicatie of Erasmushogeschool Brussel and Centre de recherché en linguistique appliquée of the Institut supérieur de traducteurs et interprètes (Haute École de Bruxelles) have the pleasure of inviting you to a seminar on “The dynamics of terms in specialised communication”. The seminar will take place on the 23rd of April 2010 at Free University of Brussels (2 Pleinlaan, 1050 Brussels), which is home to the department of Applied Linguistics of Erasmushogeschool Brussel since 2008.

Recent work in cognitive sciences attacks the idea that conceptual knowledge can be stored and retrieved. It has been shown that knowing cannot be separated from context, experience, culture and language. Cognition is believed to be a dynamic and negotiable process in which the creative potential of language plays an important role. The question for the seminar is how the insight concerning the dynamics of cognition has its impact on the study of terminology and special language as observed in multilingual and intercultural special language communication. Contributors to the seminar will be asked to explain how they deal with the dynamic aspects of terminology and special language communication.

  • What position do the speakers take towards the dynamics of cognition, the role of representation, embodied understanding, situatedness, cultural context?
  • What kinds of research do they undertake concerning cognitive dynamics, special communication and terminology? What methodologies do they apply?
  • What types of problems are encountered in a specific communicative setting (e.g. multilingual, intercultural,…)? How are these problems tackled?

Programme

9.00am Registration
10.00am Welcome
10.15am Keynote: prof. dr. Pamela Faber (University of Granada): "The dynamics of specialized knowledge representation: simulational reconstruction or the perception-action interface"
11.15am Coffee break
11.30am prof. dr. Piet Van de Craen (Free University of Brussels): "Multilingualism, synergy and emergence or how some kinds of learning influence cognition"
12.00pm dr. Eva Radai-Kovacs (European Economics and Social Committee): "The new Babel construction: the dynamic and static aspects of the EU terminology"
12.30pm Lunch
2.00pm prof. dr. Marita Kristiansen (Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration): "How does external pressure affect domain dynamics in scholarly areas?"
2.30pm prof. dr. Paul Sambre (Lessius University College Antwerp): "Shaping the future in dynamic cognitive terminology. Rethinking nanotech concepts beyond Wüsterian omnipresence"
3.00pm prof. dr. Gabriella Klein (University of Perugia): "Dealing with bureaucratic terminology: two case studies"
3.30pm Coffee break
3.45pm prof. dr. Koen Lemmens (Erasmushogeschool Brussel and Free University of Brussels): "The slow dynamic of legal terminology"
4.15pm prof. dr. Cédrick Fairon (Université Catholique de Louvain): "GlossaNet and the development of RSS-based specialized corpora"
4.45pm Nathalie Lemaire and Paul Muraille (Termisti): "La variabilité des usages dans la création de sigles et acronymes en langue spécialisée, source de difficulté pour des communautés situées?"
5.15pm Rounding up
5.30pm Farewell drink

Registration

Please register here. The participation fee is 30 euros, which covers documentation, lunch, coffee and reception. This amount must be paid by bank transfer:

  • Beneficiary: Erasmushogeschool Brussel, Nijverheidskaai 170, B-1070 Brussel
  • VAT registration number: BE 0255.710.113
  • Account number: 096-2185880-06
  • IBAN: BE85096218588006
  • BIC: GKCCBEBB
  • Notification: CBKEWI018-CVC-Termisti 2010

Please note that payments should be made by April 11th, 2010.

Venue

The seminar will take place at the following address:

Vrije Universiteit Brussel, 2 Pleinlaan, 1050 Brussels (cf. Google maps)
Building D - room 'Promotiezaal (D2.01) "Aloïs Gerlo"' (second floor)

VUB campus (neighbourhood)          VUB Campus (3D)          VUB campus (2D) 

From any of the three big railway stations in Brussels (South, Centre, North) one can take an 'L' or 'IR' train (direction: Louvain-La-Neuve) to the university campus (10 to 15 minutes). One has to get off at Etterbeek station which is adjacent to the campus.

Accomodation

If you need a place to stay in Brussels we recommend:

  • Euro Capital Brussels. This hotel is opposite the Railway station 'Bruxelles-Midi/Brussel-Zuid'.
  • Hotel Capital. You can ask for the reduced fee 'ISTI-Haute École de Bruxelles'.
  • Hotel Les Tourelles. From this (reasonably priced) hotel you have easy access to our campus (tram 23 takes you there in 10 minutes).

Call for Papers - Special Issue of Terminology 17 (1)

The periodical Terminology. International Journal of Theoretical and Applied Issues in Specialized Communication (ISSN: 0929-9971; E-ISSN: 1569-9994) will devote a special issue in 2011 to the theme of the seminar. This journal is peer reviewed and indexed in: IBR/IBZ, INIST, INSPEC, Language Abstracts, Linguistic Bibliography/Bibliographie Linguistique, LLBA, MLA Bibliography, European Reference Index for the Humanities, and in the following Thomson Scientific (ISI) services: Social Sciences Citation Index; Arts and Humanities Citation Index; Social Scisearch; Current Contents/Social and Behavioral Sciences; Current Contents/Arts & Humanities.

The deadline for submissions of articles is 15 June 2010. Click here for more information on the call for papers.