The “New Normal” Terminology: A Corpus-Based Study Into Term Variation in COVID-19-Related EU Legislative Texts
This paper provides a contrastive analysis of COVID-19-related EU legislative texts with emphasis on term variants. The analysis carried out on a parallel corpus consisting of English and Croatian texts has identified multiple examples of variation of predominately multi-word terms at several levels...
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| author | Katja Dobrić Basaneže Martina Bajčić |
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| description | This paper provides a contrastive analysis of COVID-19-related EU legislative texts with emphasis on term variants. The analysis carried out on a parallel corpus consisting of English and Croatian texts has identified multiple examples of variation of predominately multi-word terms at several levels. These include orthographic and grammatical variants, unit shifts and denominative variants creating different meanings. The findings support other contemporary studies into variation within specialized language, highlighting the importance of studying variation to gain understanding about the dynamics of domain knowledge. By focusing on variation in a parallel corpus, conclusions are drawn about the prevalence of variation in a newer EU official language, as opposed to English as the draft text of EU legislation. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5d1c10f144d14b9cb4ef906780f03c752024-04-15T19:02:45ZhrvInstitut za hrvatski jezik i jezikoslovljeRasprave Instituta za Hrvatski Jezik i Jezikoslovlje1331-67451849-03792023-01-0149236538510.31724/rihjj.49.2.9The “New Normal” Terminology: A Corpus-Based Study Into Term Variation in COVID-19-Related EU Legislative TextsKatja Dobrić Basaneže0Martina Bajčić1Sveučilište Jurja Dobrile u Puli, Filozofski fakultetSveučilište u Rijeci, Pravni fakultetThis paper provides a contrastive analysis of COVID-19-related EU legislative texts with emphasis on term variants. The analysis carried out on a parallel corpus consisting of English and Croatian texts has identified multiple examples of variation of predominately multi-word terms at several levels. These include orthographic and grammatical variants, unit shifts and denominative variants creating different meanings. The findings support other contemporary studies into variation within specialized language, highlighting the importance of studying variation to gain understanding about the dynamics of domain knowledge. By focusing on variation in a parallel corpus, conclusions are drawn about the prevalence of variation in a newer EU official language, as opposed to English as the draft text of EU legislation.https://hrcak.srce.hr/file/447216institutional translationparallel corpusterminology variationCroatianEnglishCOVID-19 |
| spellingShingle | Katja Dobrić Basaneže Martina Bajčić The “New Normal” Terminology: A Corpus-Based Study Into Term Variation in COVID-19-Related EU Legislative Texts Rasprave Instituta za Hrvatski Jezik i Jezikoslovlje institutional translation parallel corpus terminology variation Croatian English COVID-19 |
| title | The “New Normal” Terminology: A Corpus-Based Study Into Term Variation in COVID-19-Related EU Legislative Texts |
| title_full | The “New Normal” Terminology: A Corpus-Based Study Into Term Variation in COVID-19-Related EU Legislative Texts |
| title_fullStr | The “New Normal” Terminology: A Corpus-Based Study Into Term Variation in COVID-19-Related EU Legislative Texts |
| title_full_unstemmed | The “New Normal” Terminology: A Corpus-Based Study Into Term Variation in COVID-19-Related EU Legislative Texts |
| title_short | The “New Normal” Terminology: A Corpus-Based Study Into Term Variation in COVID-19-Related EU Legislative Texts |
| title_sort | new normal terminology a corpus based study into term variation in covid 19 related eu legislative texts |
| topic | institutional translation parallel corpus terminology variation Croatian English COVID-19 |
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