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Subject: Terminology and terminography
Course: Terminology seminar
ECTS-credits: 3
Language: Croatian (English)
Duration: 1 semester
Status: elective
Method of teaching: 2 seminar hours
Prerequisite: Introduction to terminology and terminography
Assessment: seminar project, class participation

Course description:
The course combines general terminological theory with terminographic practice. Topics: distinction between general and specialized (terminological) dictionaries - Lexicography vs. terminography; Terminology: definition and functions; Special aspects of a terminological unit; Terminography work: the processing of term compilation. Introduction to the MultiTermTerminology Management System (TMS) and other management systems.  
Students will compile their own samples of a terminological glossary and/or continue to develop an existing multilingual termbase. Using various texts and corpora they will identify and classify potential specialized terms and process them terminographically. They will use available computer programs for terminology extraction and consult the existing terminological databanks.

Course objectives:
Students will acquire sufficient theoretical knowledge to compile their own terminographical unit/entry samples and gain some hands-on experience of terminology management (subject to software availability). They will learn about the available terminological resources and terminological management systems.

Quality check and success of the course: Quality check and success of the course will be done by combining internal and external evaluation. Internal evaluation will be done by teachers and students using survey method at the end of semester. The external evaluation will be done by colleagues attending the course, by monitoring and assessment of the course.

Reading list:
1. Suonuuti, H. (1997) Upute za nazivlje, Zagreb: Državni zavod za normizaciju
2. Bergenholtz, H. and S. Tarp, ed. (1995). Manual of Specialized Lexicography, John Benjamins Publishing Company, Amsterdam, UP, 1984, 1989, 2001
3. ISO Recommendation R 1087:1969 Vocabulary of Terminology
4. (Nazivlje – rječnik (ISO 1087) 1996, Državni zavod za normizaciju i mjeriteljstvo
5. Načela i postupci stvaranja nazivlja (ISO 704), 1996, Državni zavod za normizaciju i mjeriteljstvo

Additional reading list:
1. Wright, S. E. and Gerhard Budin (1997) Handbook of Terminology Management. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Co., 2 Volumes (selected ch.)