Los límites del léxico especializado: la terminología de los gramáticos latinos

Abstract

In this paper some problems are dealt with pertaining the
delimitation of technical terminology, by focusing in the lexicon of
ancient Latin grammar. By starting from two basic distinctions, namely
those of metalanguage vs. grammatical terminology and meaning vs.
reference, we raise issues such as: 1) the problems for establishing a corpus
which implies different levels of technical density; 2) the identification of technical concepts and their adscription to different word-classes; 3) the
link of technical vocabulary with common language and its communicative
function, which explains apparent shortcomings in terminologies;
4) the contribution of componential analysis to the census of
technical terms; 5) the importance of hyperonymy and hyponymy in the
structuring of terminologies; 6) the types of terminological synonyms.