Glossary of Terms—A Hundred Series of Language Books

Author: Cao Xianzhuo
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Publish Date: 2000-07-01
Features: This book is one of the "100 Series of Popular Linguistics Books," a layman's guide to terminology. The authors are all language professionals with specialized expertise, some of whom are renowned scholars. Language and writing are the carriers of information and an indispensable basic means of human civilization's development. In the information age, their role is even more significant. Terminology is the crystallization of human scientific and technological knowledge in natural language, a precious asset closely linked to human scientific and technological progress in natural language. The book revolves around the topic of terminology, elaborating on its structure, characteristics, definitions, relationships, systems, and other issues. The content of the book is more focused on the knowledge people encounter in their studies and daily lives.