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ONOMASIOLOGIQUE [1 record]

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Record 1 1994-05-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Lexicology, Lexicography, Terminology
CONT

Traditional terminological theory ... identifies its approach as "onomasiological," i.e., a "naming" approach, because in principle it starts from concepts and looks for the names of these concepts. By contrast, the lexicographical approach is called "semasiological," i.e., a "meaning" approach, because it starts from words and looks for their meaning.

OBS

onomasiology: the study of the means of expressing a given concept.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Lexicologie, lexicographie et terminologie
DEF

Qui concerne l'onomasiologie.

OBS

onomasiologie : Étude sémantique qui consiste à partir d'un concept pour rechercher les signes linguistiques qui lui correspondent. [...] La démarche onomasiologique s'oppose à la démarche sémasiologique.

Spanish

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