Pamela Faber
Encyclopedia
Pamela Faber Benítez is an American
/Spanish
linguist
. She has been a Full Professor in the Department of Translation
and Interpreting
at the University of Granada
since 2001. She received her Ph.D.
from the University of Granada
in 1986 and also holds degrees from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
and Paris-Sorbonne University.
called Frame-Based Terminology
.
's Theory of Lexematics and Dik
's Functional Grammar
.
The two main objectives sought within this lexicological model are:
These objectives are mutually dependent in the sense that the former serves as the input for the latter.
is a recent cognitive approach to Terminology
developed by Pamela Faber and colleagues at the University of Granada
. It was conceived within the context of the Functional Lexematic Model and Cognitive Linguistics.
Frame-Based Terminology focuses on:
Within this context, Faber's current major project is called EcoLexicon, a terminological
knowledge base
on the Environment
.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
/Spanish
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
linguist
Linguistics
Linguistics is the scientific study of human language. Linguistics can be broadly broken into three categories or subfields of study: language form, language meaning, and language in context....
. She has been a Full Professor in the Department of Translation
Translation
Translation is the communication of the meaning of a source-language text by means of an equivalent target-language text. Whereas interpreting undoubtedly antedates writing, translation began only after the appearance of written literature; there exist partial translations of the Sumerian Epic of...
and Interpreting
Interpreting
Language interpretation is the facilitating of oral or sign-language communication, either simultaneously or consecutively, between users of different languages...
at the University of Granada
University of Granada
The University of Granada is a public university located in Granada, Spain that enrolls approximately 80,000 students. The university also has campuses in Ceuta and Melilla. Every year, over 2,000 European students enroll in the UGR through the Erasmus Programme, making it the most popular...
since 2001. She received her Ph.D.
Ph.D.
A Ph.D. is a Doctor of Philosophy, an academic degree.Ph.D. may also refer to:* Ph.D. , a 1980s British group*Piled Higher and Deeper, a web comic strip*PhD: Phantasy Degree, a Korean comic series* PhD Docbook renderer, an XML renderer...
from the University of Granada
University of Granada
The University of Granada is a public university located in Granada, Spain that enrolls approximately 80,000 students. The university also has campuses in Ceuta and Melilla. Every year, over 2,000 European students enroll in the UGR through the Erasmus Programme, making it the most popular...
in 1986 and also holds degrees from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a public research university located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States...
and Paris-Sorbonne University.
Research
Pamela Faber is best known for her works on the Functional Lexematic Model and her cognitive theory of TerminologyTerminology
Terminology is the study of terms and their use. Terms are words and compound words 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...
called Frame-Based Terminology
Frame-Based Terminology
Frame-based terminology is a cognitive approach to terminology developed by Pamela Faber and colleagues at the University of Granada. One of its basic premises is that the conceptualization of any specialized domain is goal-oriented, and depends to a certain degree on the task to be accomplished...
.
Functional Lexematic Model
The Functional Lexematic Model was elaborated by Leocadio Martín Mingorance and further developed by his collaborators Pamela Faber and Ricardo Mairal. It integrates CoşeriuEugenio Coseriu
Eugenio Coşeriu July 27, 1921, Mihăileni, Bălţi, Republic of Moldova – September 7, 2002, Tübingen, Germany) was a linguist that specialized in Romance languages at the University of Tübingen, author of over 50 books, honorary member of the Romanian Academy....
's Theory of Lexematics and Dik
Simon C. Dik
Simon Cornelis Dik was a Dutch linguist, most famous for developing the theory of functional grammar. He occupied the chair of General Linguistics at University of Amsterdam between 1969 and 1994...
's Functional Grammar
Functional grammar
Functional theories of grammar include a range of functionally based approaches to linguistics, the scientific study of language. The grammar model developed by Simon Dik bears this qualification in its name, functional grammar, as does Michael Halliday's systemic functional grammar.Role and...
.
The two main objectives sought within this lexicological model are:
- the specification of the semantic architecture of the lexiconLexiconIn linguistics, the lexicon of a language is its vocabulary, including its words and expressions. A lexicon is also a synonym of the word thesaurus. More formally, it is a language's inventory of lexemes. Coined in English 1603, the word "lexicon" derives from the Greek "λεξικόν" , neut...
of a language, and - the representation of knowledge based on the linguistic encoding found in dictionaryDictionaryA dictionary is a collection of words in one or more specific languages, often listed alphabetically, with usage information, definitions, etymologies, phonetics, pronunciations, and other information; or a book of words in one language with their equivalents in another, also known as a lexicon...
entries.
These objectives are mutually dependent in the sense that the former serves as the input for the latter.
Frame-Based Terminology
Frame-Based TerminologyFrame-Based Terminology
Frame-based terminology is a cognitive approach to terminology developed by Pamela Faber and colleagues at the University of Granada. One of its basic premises is that the conceptualization of any specialized domain is goal-oriented, and depends to a certain degree on the task to be accomplished...
is a recent cognitive approach to Terminology
Terminology
Terminology is the study of terms and their use. Terms are words and compound words 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...
developed by Pamela Faber and colleagues at the University of Granada
University of Granada
The University of Granada is a public university located in Granada, Spain that enrolls approximately 80,000 students. The university also has campuses in Ceuta and Melilla. Every year, over 2,000 European students enroll in the UGR through the Erasmus Programme, making it the most popular...
. It was conceived within the context of the Functional Lexematic Model and Cognitive Linguistics.
Frame-Based Terminology focuses on:
- conceptual organization;
- the multidimensional nature of terminological units; and
- the extraction of semantic and syntactic information through the use of multilingual corpora.
Within this context, Faber's current major project is called EcoLexicon, a terminological
Terminology
Terminology is the study of terms and their use. Terms are words and compound words 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...
knowledge base
Knowledge base
A knowledge base is a special kind of database for knowledge management. A Knowledge Base provides a means for information to be collected, organised, shared, searched and utilised.-Types:...
on the Environment
Environmental science
Environmental science is an interdisciplinary academic field that integrates physical and biological sciences, to the study of the environment, and the solution of environmental problems...
.
Seminal Publications
- Faber, Pamela, Pilar León Araúz, and Juan Antonio Prieto Velasco. 2009. Semantic Relations, Dynamicity, and Terminological Knowledge Bases. Current Issues in Language Studies 1: 1-23.
- Faber, Pamela, Pilar León Araúz, Juan Antonio Prieto Velasco, and Arianne Reimerink. 2007. Linking Images and Words: the description of specialized concepts. International Journal of Lexicography 20, no. 1: 39-65. doi:10.1093/ijl/ecl038.
- Faber, Pamela, Silvia Montero Martínez, María Rosa Castro Prieto, José Senso Ruiz, Juan Antonio Prieto Velasco, Pilar León Araúz, Carlos Márquez Linares, and Miguel Vega Expósito. 2006. Process-oriented terminology management in the domain of Coastal Engineering. Terminology 12, no. 2: 189-213. doi:10.1075/term.12.2.03fab.
- Faber, Pamela, Carlos Márquez Linares, and Miguel Vega Expósito. 2005. Framing Terminology: A Process-Oriented Approach. Meta : journal des traducteurs / Meta: Translators’ Journal 50, no. 4.
- Faber, Pamela, and Catalina Jiménez Hurtado. 2004. Traducción, lenguaje y cognición. Granada: Comares. (ISBN 9788484448945)
- Faber, Pamela, and Catalina Jiménez Hurtado. 2002. Investigar en terminología. Granada: Comares. (ISBN 9788484446323)
- Faber, Pamela, and Ricardo Mairal Usón. 1999. Constructing a Lexicon of English Verbs. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter. (ISBN 9783110164169).