Malationa, malation or malatiom? Denominative variation in the process of creating a bilingual glossary in the area of pesticide chemistry

dc.contributor.authorde Souza, José Victor [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorPinto, Paula Tavares [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorde Freitas Lima, Marcela Marques [UNESP]
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
dc.date.accessioned2023-03-01T20:52:20Z
dc.date.available2023-03-01T20:52:20Z
dc.date.issued2022-01-01
dc.description.abstractThis research aims to meet the needs of a terminological study in the field of pesticide chemistry, since Brazil is one of the most productive countries in agricultural activities in the world. The study starts from the translation and terminological problem of the area, previously observed by Pinto and Lima (2018) and Souza (2019), and proposes the search of terms in the area for the elaboration of a Portuguese ⇔ English glossary. The research is based on the areas of Terminology (Krieger & Finatto, 2004; Finatto, 2004; Bevilacqua, 2013), Chemistry (Abakerli et al., 2003) and Corpus Linguistics (Sardinha, 2000; Tagnin, 2002). In this paper, we demonstrate the process of creating the study corpus, as well as the criteria for selecting candidates for terms in English. In order to illustrate occurrences of denominative variation during the selection of equivalents in Portuguese, we present the steps used for the selection of the most appropriate term among the Portuguese vernacular variants ‘malation’, ‘malationa’, and ‘malatiom’, and show why ‘malation’ is the form chosen, taking into account its absolute frequency, Average Reduced Frequency, coefficient of variation, number of results in web research, as well as linguistic, conceptual and normative criteria. We concluded that the partnership between computerized tools and specialized knowledge, both in linguistics and in chemistry, brought benefits to the discussion that would not be achieved only through computational calculations.en
dc.description.affiliationInstituto de Biociências Letras e Ciências Exatas Universidade Estadual Paulista ‘Júlio de Mesquita Filho’, Rua Cristóvão Colombo, 2265, São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo
dc.description.affiliationDepartamento de Letras Modernas Instituto de Biociências Letras e Ciências Exatas Universidade Estadual Paulista ‘Júlio de Mesquita Filho’, São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo
dc.description.affiliationDepartamento de Química e Ciências Ambientais Instituto de Biociências Letras e Ciências Exatas Universidade Estadual Paulista ‘Júlio de Mesquita Filho’, São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo
dc.description.affiliationUnespInstituto de Biociências Letras e Ciências Exatas Universidade Estadual Paulista ‘Júlio de Mesquita Filho’, Rua Cristóvão Colombo, 2265, São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo
dc.description.affiliationUnespDepartamento de Letras Modernas Instituto de Biociências Letras e Ciências Exatas Universidade Estadual Paulista ‘Júlio de Mesquita Filho’, São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo
dc.description.affiliationUnespDepartamento de Química e Ciências Ambientais Instituto de Biociências Letras e Ciências Exatas Universidade Estadual Paulista ‘Júlio de Mesquita Filho’, São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.4025/ACTASCILANGCULT.V44I1.55894
dc.identifier.citationActa Scientiarum Language and Culture, v. 44, n. 1, 2022.
dc.identifier.doi10.4025/ACTASCILANGCULT.V44I1.55894
dc.identifier.issn1983-4683
dc.identifier.issn1983-4675
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85132748009
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/241220
dc.language.isopor
dc.relation.ispartofActa Scientiarum Language and Culture
dc.sourceScopus
dc.subjectcorpus linguistics
dc.subjectinterlinguistic variation
dc.subjectpesticide
dc.subjectpesticide chemistry
dc.subjectterminology
dc.titleMalationa, malation or malatiom? Denominative variation in the process of creating a bilingual glossary in the area of pesticide chemistryen
dc.titleMalationa, malation ou malatiom? A variação denominativa no processo de criação de um glossário bilíngue da área de química de pesticidaspt
dc.typeArtigo

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