Word vs. Term - Language for Specific Purposes
Word vs. Term - Language for Specific Purposes

Summary/Abstract: Specialised language must be the reflection of a scientifically advanced civilisation. If general language grows naturally alongside new nuances of collective communication developed by unspecialised members in society, special language is dependent on the concrete advancements of people in science and technology, and how those transformations shall be subsequently described and categorised using new-fangled terminology. Standard communication is more inclined to capture emotion while professional language has the absolute prerogative of reflecting knowledge and then disseminate it so that those elements of knowledge shall benefit increased numbers of individuals. Terminology is not an encryption per say, yet it is inaccessible to normal members of the public who are unspecialised because they lack the basic referential knowledge to understand those terms and concepts. When terms are put together to construct advanced language texts, the degree of specialisation and conceptual enhancement is increased exponentially. This status quo can indeed limit access on a quantitative scale, but the criteria of quality are more than likely empowered. Specialised Language is perceived from a scientific standpoint as a subcategory of the standard, general language that has as its main objectives the communication and dissemination of specialised information from a referential standpoint as opposed to the standard language where methodologies are more diverse and the referential factor is not as relevant. Analysing specialised communication identifies a referential functionality which triggers a propensity towards denotation, the concrete and lexical precision.

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