Considerations regarding the identity of Terminology as a field of Linguistic

for an expansion

Abstract

This text is an essay on the status of Terminology as one of the sciences of the lexicon. The fact that a descriptivist view in the field has brought great advances is problematized, however, some other problems also arise from it, among them the look at only one of the elements of specialized communication, the lexicon. In this sense, terminology is understood as a broad field of communication studies in the specialized environment and, therefore, all elements of this phenomenon can/should be studied, which expands the scope of terminological studies. Discussions about the development of scientific fields are considered in the text, as well as some ideas within Terminology itself that see the practice of terminological studies from a dialogical and communicative reflection. Such ideas are taken up here to demonstrate that some terminological studies, although not only focusing on the lexicon, can also be recognized as terminological. Finally, the main objective of the text is to present new possible paths and give birth to some epistemological reflections on Terminology, always seeking its expansion and quality as a field of analysis of specialized discourse.