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Record 1 1986-03-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Publication and Bookselling
DEF

A collection of opinions on a subject; esp. one assembled and published by a periodical.

OBS

pl.: symposiums or symposia (WEBAB, 1984, p. 1443).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Édition et librairie
DEF

Ensemble de travaux sur une même question, dus à des auteurs différents (par analogie avec le Banquet de Platon où plusieurs interlocuteurs traitent du même sujet, l'amour).

OBS

Signalé en français par Lalande en 1951, symposium reste rare au sens de "publication".

OBS

En français, on utilise plus souvent des termes comme : recueil d'articles, recueil d'essais, mémoires, mélanges, actes etc...

Spanish

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