comment: AGENDA FOR FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH IN TERMINOLOGY: BRIDGING THE EAST-WEST DIVIDE

Abstract

First paragraph: 0. Bernard Shaw was concerned that America and England were two countries separated by the same language. I have attempted to show how (Antia 2001). Our concern here is perhaps greater: the separation of Eastern and Western Europe by walls and languages. I understand that, logically, claiming a wide gulf might be a non-sequitur, but an opportunity such as this for direct discourse is welcome. The paper by Professors Shelov and Lejchik on basic concepts of terminology in the erstwhile Soviet Union (particularly Russia) has fallen on Professor Sue Ellen Wright and me to read from the standpoint of Western Europe, with a view to pointing out similarities and differences, and to sketching a research agenda. My reflections will be on the first part of the Shelov-Lejchik paper. Wright will deal a lot more with systems, which form much of the material of the Shelov-Lejchik paper.