TOWARDS TERMINOLOGY RESEARCH AS A PRACTICAL PHILOSOPHY OF INFORMATION: THE TERMINOLOGY OF RADICAL CONSTRUCTIVISM AS A CASE IN POINT Submitted in Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements of the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy, 2013 Philipp B. Neubauer School of Humanities, Languages and Social Sciences University of Salford, UK Contents List of Figures v Main introduction ix 1 Rethinking concept analysis 1 Introduction . 1 1.1 Indeterminacy of concept . 1 1.1.1 Working definitions . 2 1.1.1.1 Culture . 2 1.1.1.2 Thick concept and thick description . 3 1.1.1.3 Syntagmaticity and paradigmaticity . 3 1.1.2 Experiential holism . 4 1.1.3 Subjectivity . 5 1.1.4 Interactive concept analysis . 7 1.2 Opposition of positivism and interpretivism . 7 1.2.1 Positivism and interpretivism distinguished by method . 8 1.2.2 Concept analysis as method . 8 1.2.3 Ambiguity of concept analysis . 10 1.2.3.1 Paradigmatic or philosophical concept analysis . 10 1.2.3.2 Syntagmatic or discourse analysis . 11 1.2.4 Variants of concept analysis . 12 1.2.4.1 Formal and informal concept analysis . 12 1.2.4.2 Other mixed forms: analysis by synthesis . 13 1.3 Methodology . 14 1.3.1 Sociocognitive terminology . 15 1.3.2 Diachrony and synchrony . 16 1.3.3 Semasiology and onomasiology . 17 1.3.3.1 Philosophical aspect: deduction and induction . 18 1.3.3.2 Linguistic aspect: structuralist signifiers and signifieds . 19 1.4 Sociocognitive terminology and interactive concept analysis . 20 1.4.1 Middle-out approach and embodiment . 21 1.4.2 Radical constructivist epistemology . 23 1.4.3 Hermeneutics and philology . 24 1.4.4 Interaction and holism . 25 1.5 Conclusion . 26 2 Interactive concept analysis and stereotype induction 32 Introduction . 32 i 2.1 Terminology research as discipline . 33 2.2 Case: terminology science . 35 2.3 Componential analysis . 37 2.3.1 Reconstructing the calque . 37 2.3.2 Component 1: Terminologie . 38 2.3.3 Component 2: Lehre . 39 2.3.4 Corpus data . 40 2.3.4.1 Selection of corpus examples . 41 2.3.4.1.1 Terminologielehre . 41 2.3.4.1.2 Terminologiewissenschaft . 41 2.3.4.1.3 Theory of terminology . 41 2.3.4.1.4 Terminology science . 42 2.3.4.2 Representation and interpretation of corpus samples . 42 2.3.5 Summary of concept analysis, interpretation . 43 2.4 Actual critique and reception of terminology science . 44 2.5 The concept of stereotype . 45 2.5.1 Stereotypes in general understanding . 46 2.5.2 Stereotypes in social science . 46 2.5.3 Stereotype in cognitive science . 47 2.5.4 Stereotype in translation studies and linguistics . 48 2.5.5 Recalibrated taxonomy of relevant stereotypes . 49 2.5.5.1 Discourse-specific stereotype . 49 2.5.5.2 Subject-specific stereotype . 50 2.5.5.3 Term-specific stereotype . 52 2.5.5.4 Miscellaneous linguistic stereotypes . 54 2.6 Stereotype and convention . 56 3 Understanding declarative and procedural scientificity 58 Introduction . 58 3.1 Scientificity as thick concept . 59 3.2 Circular definitions of science . 60 3.3 Scientificity and philosophy of science . 62 3.3.1 Naturalism . 63 3.3.1.1 Imports . 64 3.3.1.2 Inter-domain borrowing . 64 3.3.2 Foundationalism . 67 3.3.3 Coherentism . 69 3.4 Ambiguity of philosophical requirements of scientificity . 72 3.5 Procedural understanding of scientificity . 73 3.6 Scientificity as exemplar of thick concept . 77 4 Principles and approaches of philosophical terminography 82 Introduction . 82 4.1 Principles . 88 4.1.1 Active construction of knowledge . 90 ii 4.1.2 Semantic uncertainty . 92 4.2 Approaches . 93 4.2.1 Worldview construction . 94 4.2.2 Discourse production . 95 4.2.2.1 Text-world model . 98 4.2.2.2 Discourse-world model . 99 4.3 Philosophy and philosophical terminography . 102 5 Adapting procedures for philosophical terminography 108 Introduction . 108 5.1 Generic terminography . 109 5.2 Philosophical lexicography . 110 5.3 Sociological terminography . 111 5.4 Practical cognitive terminology . 116 5.4.1 Knowledge engineering . 117 5.4.1.1 Theory of mind . 119 5.4.1.2 Semantic network . 121 5.4.2 Language engineering . 122 5.4.2.1 Syntagmatic definitions of language engineering . 122 5.4.2.2 Paradigmatic definitions . 123 5.4.2.3 Statistical data . 125 5.4.2.4 Reinterpretation of language engineering . 126 5.4.2.5 Application of discourse-world model . 129 5.4.2.6 Application of text-world model . 130 5.5 Philosophical terminography as regenerative theory construction . 132 6 Understanding declarative disciplinarity 140 Introduction . 140 6.1 Ontological vs. experiential understanding of complexity . 141 6.1.1 Ontological complexity . 142 6.1.2 Experiential complexity . 143 6.1.2.1 Contingency or socio-historical complexity . 144 6.1.2.2 Stratification or organizational complexity . 146 6.2 Declarative subject delimitation . 150 6.2.1 Topical delimitation . 152 6.2.1.1 Terminology . 153 6.2.1.2 Specialized lexicography . 154 6.2.1.3 Specialized Language Studies . 154 6.2.2 Temporal delimitation . 156 6.2.2.1 Timeless philosophical classification . 156 6.2.2.2 Progression and regression . 159 6.2.2.2.1 Convergence . 160 6.2.2.2.2 Regression . 160 6.2.2.2.3 Prematurity . 163 6.3 Subject delimitation, declarative disciplinarity and experiential complexity . 167 iii 7 Understanding procedural disciplinarity 173 Introduction . 173 7.1 Cognitive interest and agenda . 175 7.1.1 Thought experiment on agendas . 177 7.1.1.1 Terminology as natural science . 179 7.1.1.2 Terminology as human science . ..