언어의 공공성과 공공 용어 관리

Abstract

This paper reviews the ‘publicness of language’ focusing on terminology and navigates the ways to manage terminology used in public domain while paying attention to the environment internal and external language environment where knowledge dissemination and information disclosure is becoming a norm with the expansion of the Internet. This paper deals with terminology and general vocabulary from the perspective of classifying them based on the areas of use. The terminology and general vocabulary used in the public domain, therefore, are regarded as ‘public terminology’. Besides, by recognizing that communicativeness is a radical element for terms used in the public language, this paper proposes the selection criteria of the terms to be planned, together with the methods of planning them. The paper also investigates how to classify and manage them. Finally, this paper identifies the problems of the previous management of public terminology. To begin with, it proposes to establish a collaborative system and an automation process for each maintenance phase and to introduce a scientific analysis based on statistics of language use. Furthermore, it suggests providing diversified maintenance procedures such as general/emergency treatment and regular/intensive support complemented by consultation and agreement (response) so that can be made recommendations on alternative terms. This paper also suggests continuous management of the public terminology by close monitoring of the usage trend while managing their databases in a linked form. As the basis for all these improvements, it is proposed to establish a platform for public terminology management to divert the current support-oriented management system to a general management system.