New Directions in Digital Terminology Research - Lexicography, Terminology, and Society Hardcover

About the Book

This volume showcases cutting-edge research in digital terminology, highlighting AI integration, user-centered design, and multilingual resource development to advance accessible, interoperable, and high-quality terminological tools for today's globalized digital landscape.

Book Synopsis

How can digital terminology rise to the challenges of a multilingual, interconnected world? This book offers concrete answers through cutting-edge case studies that combine user-centered design, ontologies, chatbots, and generative AI. You will explore how generative AI tools can support terminology work, how cultural heritage is preserved through structured terminological resources, and how tools are developed to support both experts and everyday users. Featuring practical methodologies, innovative uses of technology, and a focus on accessibility and interoperability, this volume is an essential resource for anyone working in terminology, lexicography, translation studies, corpus linguistics, language technology, and digital humanities.

About the Author

Antonio San Martín, Ph.D. (2016), University of Granada, is Professor of Translation at the University of Quebec in Trois-Rivières (Canada). He specializes in terminology, corpus linguistics, and cognitive semantics. His work has been published in journals such as Terminology, and the International Journal of Lexicography.

Pamela Faber, Ph.D. (1986), University of Granada, is Professor Emerita at the Department of Translation and Interpreting at the University of Granada (Spain). She developed the theory of Frame-Based Terminology and is the author and editor of books such as A Cognitive Linguistics View of Terminology and Specialized Language (De Gruyter, 2012).

Beatriz Sánchez-Cárdenas, Ph.D. (2010), is an Associate Professor at the Department of Translation and Interpreting of the University of Granada (Spain). She teaches scientific translation and interpreting. Her research focuses on Corpus Linguistics applied to Terminology and Translation. She has published several books and papers in journals such as Terminology and Círculo de lingüística aplicada a la comunicación.

Federica Vezzani, Ph.D. (2020), is Tenure-Track Assistant Professor at the Department of Linguistic and Literary Studies of the University of Padua (Italy). She specializes in terminology management, specialized translation, and technical communication. She is the author of the monograph Terminologie numérique: conception, représentation et gestion (Peter Lang, 2022).

Giorgio Di Nunzio, Ph.D. (2006), is Associate Professor at the University of Padua (Italy). He specializes in information retrieval, digital humanities, and computational terminology. He is co-founder of the first Italian center of studies in computational terminology and co-editor-in-chief of the international journal Umanistica digitale.