Research Review and Analysis on Treatment of Specialized Terms in General-Purpose Dictionaries

doi:10.12339/j.issn.1673-8578.2025.02.021

Abstract

Abstract:

The inclusion of specialized terms in general-purpose dictionaries is one of the important topics in lexicography. We provides an in-depth analysis of the research on the treatment of specialized terms in general-purpose dictionaries from data analysis and content analysis. Regarding data analysis, this paper uses the quantitative literature reviewing method to analyze the relevant literature in China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) and Web of Science repositories, including the statistical analysis of the number of publications, the research cluster analysis, and the analysis of the hot trend of research. The aspect of macrostructure can be divided into three important issues: whether specialized terms are included in general-purpose dictionaries, what specialized terms are included, and how they are included. The discussion of microstructure includes definition style and definition mode. Combining data analysis and content analysis, this paper analyses and reflects on the characteristics of relevant research and concludes that the attention to specialized terms in general-purpose dictionaries still needs to be increased, the methodology and scope of the relevant research need to be expanded, and the treatment of specialized terms in general-purpose dictionaries needs to be optimized continuously.

Key words: specialized terms, general-purpose dictionaries, quantitative literature review, treatment of entries

LUO Yuran, WU Wenzhi. Research Review and Analysis on Treatment of Specialized Terms in General-Purpose Dictionaries[J]. China Terminology, 2025, 27(2): 145-153.

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	词表headword list
第一层级	通用词汇common words				专名proper names
第二层级	词类 word class	词汇形式 lexical form	词汇结构 lexical structure	专业性用语 specialized language	地名 place	人名 people	其他 other names

	词表headword list
第一层级	通用词汇common words				专名proper names
第二层级	词类 word class	词汇形式 lexical form	词汇结构 lexical structure	专业性用语 specialized language	地名 place	人名 people	其他 other names

	具体内容
专业程度	最基础的知识的术语	中等专业知识的术语	高深的专门术语
专业程度	基础术语	(1)根据词典特性(词典用户、规模、侧重等) (2)根据社会使用情况做出调查	专科术语
使用情况	社会普通作品、口语中专业术语使用频率的统计

	具体内容
专业程度	最基础的知识的术语	中等专业知识的术语	高深的专门术语
专业程度	基础术语	(1)根据词典特性(词典用户、规模、侧重等) (2)根据社会使用情况做出调查	专科术语
使用情况	社会普通作品、口语中专业术语使用频率的统计