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Knowledge organization

A field of study invloving the indexing and classification of knowledge that is usually performed in libraries, databases and archives etc. It is related to Library and Information Science(LIS).

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modality

Language; Translation

Expressing distinctions such as that between ‘possibility’ and ‘actuality’, and, in the process, indicating an attitude towards the state or event involved. See interpersonal ...

mode of discourse

Language; Translation

An aspect of register which builds on the basic distinction spoken vs written.

modulation

Language; Translation

A translation procedure, where the target text presents the information from a different point of view (e.g. negation of opposites as in it is difficult instead of it isn’t ...

monitoring

Language; Translation

Expounding in a non-evaluative manner. This is in contrast with managing, which involves steering the discourse towards speaker’s goals.

near-synonyms

Language; Translation

Two words that have a very similar sense. Source language nearsynonyms will require disambiguation, while target language near-synonyms are potential equivalents for a source text ...

nominalization

Language; Translation

The condensed reformulation of a verbal process and the various participants involved as a noun phrase. This is an important grammatical resource for the expression of ideology. ...

normative

Language; Translation

A type of equivalence relation which focuses on the conventions governing language use (e.g. the rhetorical preference in writing within a particular genre).

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