Bassey E. Antia
List of John Benjamins publications in which Bassey E. Antia is involved.
Journal
ISSN 0929-9971 | E‑ISSN 1569‑9994
Titles
Corpus Linguistics and African Englishes
Edited by Alexandra U. Esimaje, Ulrike Gut and Bassey E. Antia
Corpus linguistics has become one of the most widely used methodologies across the different linguistic subdisciplines; especially the study of world-wide varieties of English uses corpus-based investigations as one of the chief methodologies. This volume comprises descriptions of the many new… read more[Studies in Corpus Linguistics, 88] 2019. ix, 403 pp.
Indeterminacy in Terminology and LSP: Studies in honour of Heribert Picht
Edited by Bassey E. Antia
This book deals with the oft-neglected tensions between perspicuity and fuzziness in specialised communication. It describes the manifestations, functions and implications of indeterminacy phenomena in a range of LSP specialisations where it has been customary to expect precision and consistency.… read more[Terminology and Lexicography Research and Practice, 8] 2007. xxii, 236 pp.
Terminology and Language Planning: An alternative framework of practice and discourse
Bassey E. Antia
Changing socio-political landscapes, the dynamics of glocalisation, among other factors, are spawning new policy attitudes towards multilingualism, and again putting language planning (LP) on the map in a manner reminiscent of the 1960s and 1970s. With respect to terminology, this book suggests… read more[Terminology and Lexicography Research and Practice, 2] 2000. xxiv, 264 pp.
2019 Chapter 3.3. Semiotic signature of transformation in a diachronic corpus of a South African political party Corpus Linguistics and African Englishes, Esimaje, Alexandra U., Ulrike Gut and Bassey E. Antia (eds.), pp. 373–400 | Chapter
Corpus analysis has become established as an approach to the study of language description or for applied pursuits in language teaching, terminology, and so on. However, because of the social indexicalities of language use, corpora can also inform studies of social phenomena. This chapter draws on… read more
2019 Introduction: Corpus linguistics and African Englishes Corpus Linguistics and African Englishes, Esimaje, Alexandra U., Ulrike Gut and Bassey E. Antia (eds.), pp. 1–4 | Chapter
2016 Writing biology, assessing biology: The nature and effects of variation in terminology Terminology 22:2, pp. 201–222 | Article
There has been substantial research into terminology as an issue in learning science, especially against the backdrop of concerns over school literacy in science and as sometimes reflected in the poor performance of high school students in assessment tasks. Relevant research has emphasized issues… read more
2015 Language policy and terminology in South Africa Handbook of Terminology: Volume 1, Kockaert, Hendrik J. and Frieda Steurs (eds.), pp. 467–488 | Chapter
This chapter describes the development of the language policy programme of postapartheid South Africa. It highlights both the place of terminology in this policy programme and some of its achievements. As the fortunes of terminology are inevitably bound up with the fate of the policy on… read more
2013 The interaction of text and visual in specialized dictionary definitions Terminology 19:2, pp. 151–174 | Article
Although visuals have been co-deployed with text in specialized dictionaries as far back as the European Renaissance, the interaction of both representational modalities is relatively under-researched. As a consequence, available knowledge is relatively limited with respect to the kinds of visuals… read more
2007 Introduction – LSP studies: Factoring in indeterminacy Indeterminacy in Terminology and LSP: Studies in honour of Heribert Picht, Antia, Bassey E. (ed.), pp. xiii–xxii | Miscellaneous
2001 Terminological investigations into specialized knowledge and texts: A case study of legislative discourse Terminology 7:1, pp. 5–29 | Article
Research has traditionally portrayed language for specialized purposes (LSP) as devoid of idiosyncrasy, indeterminacy, context-specificity, inter-cultural variation, inconsistency of expression and acceptation, among other attributes associated with general or non-specialized discourse. This… read more
