Abstract: The Dynamics of Terminology: A Descriptive Theory of Term Formation and Terminological Growth (by Japanese scholar Kyo kageura) has caused a sensation in the terminology community (especially in the Europe) since it occurred at the start of 2000s. Many European terminological scholars did intensive researches on this book. In this paper, we try to discuss a series of issues of this book, such as what a sort of book it is, what a kind of influences and positive inspirations it will cause, and what is its valuable academic significance in the historical process of terminological theory.

Key words: dynamics of term formation, conceptual patterns of term formation, quantitative patterns of terminological growth.