Critical vocabulary
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| - | '''Terminology''' is the study of terms and their use. '''Terms''' are [[word]]s and [[compound word]]s that in specific contexts are given specific meanings, meanings that may deviate from the meaning the same words have in other contexts and in everyday language. The discipline Terminology studies among other things how such terms of art come to be and their interrelationships within a culture. Terminology differs from [[lexicography]] in studying concepts, conceptual systems, and their labels (''terms''), whereas lexicography study words and their meanings. | + | A '''critical vocabulary''' is a formal [[terminology]] related to one or more branches of [[critical theory]]. Although it may be considered a type of [[jargon]], it is predominantly used by [[academic]]s and is not [[slang]]. The word "critical", as used in the term ''critical vocabulary'', takes on two meanings: "of essential importance" and "of or pertaining to [[critic]]s or [[criticism]]." Thus, the vocabulary is of essential importance to the critical theory that employs it and is used by that critical theory in order to produce [[criticism]]. |
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| - | ==See also== | + | |
| - | * [[Applied linguistics]] | + | |
| - | * [[Concept]] | + | |
| - | * [[Controlled vocabulary]] | + | |
| - | * [[Critical vocabulary]] | + | |
| - | * [[Dictionary]] | + | |
| - | * [[Glossary]] | + | |
| - | * [[Interpreting]] | + | |
| - | * [[Jargon]] | + | |
| - | * [[ISO/TC 37]] | + | |
| - | * [[Lexicography]] | + | |
| - | * [[LSP dictionary]] | + | |
| - | * [[Ontology]] | + | |
| - | * [[Orismology]] | + | |
| - | * [[Reference work]] | + | |
| - | * [[SDL MultiTerm]] | + | |
| - | * [[Specialised lexicography]] | + | |
| - | * [[Terminology standardization]] | + | |
| - | * [[Translation]] | + | |
| - | * [[Taxonomy]] | + | |
| - | * [[Technical terminology]] | + | |
| - | * [[Terminology planning policy]] | + | |
| - | * [[Terminology extraction]] | + | |
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A critical vocabulary is a formal terminology related to one or more branches of critical theory. Although it may be considered a type of jargon, it is predominantly used by academics and is not slang. The word "critical", as used in the term critical vocabulary, takes on two meanings: "of essential importance" and "of or pertaining to critics or criticism." Thus, the vocabulary is of essential importance to the critical theory that employs it and is used by that critical theory in order to produce criticism.
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