Designing Specialized Corpora for Compiling Terminological Knowledge Bases

doi:10.12339/j.issn.1673-8578.2021.04.002

Abstract

Abstract:

Due to the diversified needs of terminological information, new requirements are put forward for the sources of terminological data, and specialized corpora play an increasingly important role in the compilation of terminological knowledge bases. Using meteorology as an example and making a comparison with general corpora, this paper discusses how to design a special corpus for term knowledge base compilation from the following four aspects: corpus classification, text size, text selection, and text processing.

Key words: terminological information, terminological data, terminological knowledge base, specialized corpora

CLC Number: (术语学)

H083 (术语学)

LU Huaguo, ZHANG Ya. Designing Specialized Corpora for Compiling Terminological Knowledge Bases[J]. China Terminology, 2021, 23(4): 8-13.

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