Pius ten Hacken
List of John Benjamins publications in which Pius ten Hacken is involved.
2026 Domain properties and the representation of terminological relations Terminology: Online-First Articles | Article
Frame-Based Terminology (FBT) proposes the use of frames as a model for the representation of terminological relations. Frames provide an alternative to the hierarchical concept systems of Wüster’s Allgemeine Terminologielehre (ATL; ‘General Theory of Terminology’). For some domains, frames are… read more
2026 Terminology beyond terms Terminology: Online-First Articles | Editorial
2025 Some general issues in terminology planning Handbook of Terminology: Volume 4. Terminology planning in Europe, Resi, Rossella and Frieda Steurs (eds.), pp. 1–16 | Chapter
2015 Terms and specialized vocabulary: Taming the prototypes Handbook of Terminology: Volume 1, Kockaert, Hendrik J. and Frieda Steurs (eds.), pp. 3–13 | Chapter
In the traditional understanding of terminology, a terminological definition gives necessary and sufficient conditions for a concept. However, natural concepts are based on prototypes. Prototypes are marked by typicality effects with fuzzy boundaries determined by approximate, scalar conditions… read more
