L'Evolution de la Terminologie de la Plasturgie entre 1963–2018: Analyse Diachronique et Synchronique

Abstract

The Evolution of the Plastics Terminology between 1963 and 2018: A Diachronic and Synchronic Analysis. Our article focuses on the technical language description, particularly, it concentrates on the study of plastic terminology, from a diachronic and synchronic point of view, through the intermediary of a comparative analysis starting from the plastic vocabulary used in the 1960s and 2010s. We have conducted linguistic investigations with the help of the software QI Macros, investigations which helped us obtain statistical measurements for the identified morphological structures (nominal phrases NP, verbal phrases VP and adjectival phrases AP) and a classification for the candidate terms according to productivity criteria (TC with a high productivity N_S63 < N_S18, TC characterized by its symmetry N_S63 = N_S18, as well as TC characterized by its involution N_S63 > N_S18). We have also examined the representation of transdisciplinary vocabulary1 (Jacquey et al. 2018) within the plastic terminology, especially vocabularies specific for fields such as physics, chemistry, production management and mechanics. Keywords: technical vocabulary, plastic terminology, terminological unit, syntagm, productivity, term candidate