FROM GUSTAVO ZAPATA (LEXICOLOGY INSTRUCTOR)

WORSHOP 003  LENGUAJE GENERAL  Y LENGUAJES DE ESPECIALIDAD

DATE DUE: WEDNESDAY JANUARY 24^TH ,2007    (WEDNESDAY-AT OFFICE 12-127)

PLEASE, USE SAME INSTRUCTIONS CONCERNING FORMAT AND FILE NAMES AS FOR PREVIOUS WORKSHOPS.  

1.    PROBLEM: WHAT DO YOU MEAN WHEN YOU SAY THAT A WORD PERTAINS TO GENERAL VOCABULARY OR TO A LANGUAGE OF SPECIALTY?

To answer this question you are being asked to read CHAPTER TWO: “LENGUAJE GENERAL Y LENGUAJE ESPECIALIZADO” IN THE book: “INTRODUCCIÓN A LA TERMINOLOGÍA” BY ARNTZ AND PICHT ( Available at the school of librarianshp library-block 12 , 3^rd floor and photocopy of chapter also available at Coesdua photocopier place in the “lexicología” folder)

This text will enable you to develop a point of view on various proposals for looking at this critical aspect of text characterization for terminology and vocabulary search in the task of translation.

PRODUCT: ELABORATE A WRITTEN  TEXT OF NO MORE THAN A LETTER-SIZE PAGE LONG, INDICATING YOUR UNDERSTANDING AND YOUR CONCLUSIONS ABOUT THE MOST CONVENIENT PROPOSAL(AMONG THE VARIOUS IN THE TEXT) FOR DEFINING OR CHARACTERIZING “EL LENGUAJE GENERAL” AND “EL LENGUAJE ESPECIALIZADO”