Abstract:

China National Committee for Terminology in Science and Technology examines and publishes terms based on discipline unit. At present, there is an urgent need for a discipline catalogue which is scientific, reasonable, operational, easy to be accepted by experts in the humanities and social sciences terminology work. This paper introduces and analyzes the current five discipline catalogues, and compares the discipline in actual terminology work with two of them. On the basis of Classification and Code of Disciplines, and combined with Subject Catalogue of Degree Awarding and Talent Training and the actual terminology work, the discipline catalogue of terminology work in humanities and social sciences is constructed.

Key words: humanities and social sciences, terminology work, discipline catalogue