Abstract

GIRALDO ORTIZ, John Jairo. Characterization of Specialized Abbreviations: The Case of Human Genome and Environment Areas. Leng. [online]. 2012, vol.40, n.2, pp.507-532. ISSN 0120-3479.

The aim of this study is to advance the analysis and characterization of abbreviations in specialized Spanish discourse. The methodology used in this work is based on the constitution of an abbreviation corpus from human genome and environment areas that allows the examination of the phenomenon from two different points of view: linguistics and statistics. The data analysis has allowed the observation that the behavior pattern of abbreviations from the linguistic point of view is similar in both areas; however, from the statistical point of view the phenomenon is completely different

Keywords : abbreviations; terminology; Spanish; specialized discourse; linguistics; statistics; human genome; environment.

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