Translating abbreviations is one of the most difficult elements of oral and written speech. The study of reduction seems to be very relevant for several reasons. Firstly, this is due to the presence of a large number of abbreviated lexical units of various kinds, characteristic of modern Hindi...

Preise steigen nicht von alleine. Es gibt jemanden, der sie erhöht. Das zu verstehen, ist entscheidend, denn auch im Kapitalismus schafft Sprache Realitäten. Wenn Ökonomen, Unternehmen und die Politik Finanzkrisen als Tsunamis und Stürme bezeichnen, suggerieren sie ihre und unsere...

The objective of this article is to present a metaphor concerning the terminology of open innovation. This metaphor will help both academics and practitioners in getting a deeper understanding of the terms and their relationships in this emerging field. An electrical circuit is used as the...

The ordoliberal school of competition thought is a distinct linguistic community whose conceptual and semantic influence extended far beyond Germany and eventually shaped the European legal order. Linguistic misunderstandings still impacted the negotiations of the founding European Treaties, but...

The increasing number of official translation of the European institutions has been determined by the exigencies of communication between Member States and third parties lately, the European area being characterized by a spectacular information exchange within the European Community policies...

Fintech Dictionary - What is a blockchain framework? What is crowdlending or an ICO? The Fintech Dictionary helps readers in clarifying key terms that have emerged in the vivid field of financial technology (fintech). It links keywords from banking and insurance, from information technology as...

"The Corporate Terminologist is the first monograph that addresses the principles and methods for managing terminology in content production environments that are both demanding and multilingual, such as those found in global companies and institutions. It describes the needs of large...

A timely call for recovering the true meanings of the nineteenth-century terms that are hobbling current political debates. Nationalism, conservatism, liberalism, socialism, and capitalism are among the most fiercely debated ideas in contemporary politics. Since these concepts hark back to the...

The following pages are devoted to a bibliography which, though not exhaustive, provides an extensive set of references to several categories of literature in language economics. It consolidates the respective literature lists used by the authors over the years in their research and teaching....

Von der Arrondierung über Footloose Industry und Isolinien bis zur Zeitdistanzmethode: Die Sprache der Wirtschaftsgeografie ist von zahlreichen Fachtermini und Anglizismen geprägt. Einen ersten schnellen Überblick verschafft das vorliegende Nachschlagewerk. Anhand von 222 übersichtlichen...

Von Absatzbindung über Neo-Schumpeter-Hypothesen bis Zollkartell: Die Sprache des Wettbewerbsrechts kennt unzählige Fachtermini. Einen ersten schnellen Überblick verschafft das vorliegende Nachschlagewerk, das anhand von 180 Schlüsselbegriffen die Grundlagen erläutert. Die Erklärungen sind...

Von Abrufrisiko über Prolongation bis Zwischenkredit: Die Sprache kennt unzählige Fachtermini zum Thema Kreditgeschäft. Einen ersten schnellen Überblick verschafft das vorliegende Nachschlagewerk, das anhand von 280 Schlüsselbegriffen die Grundlagen erläutert. Die Erklärungen sind kompakt...

This article discusses sources of confusion in L/C practice that result from the fact that law and banking give some terms different meanings. The confusion lies in the terms “negotiate” and “discount.” The misunderstandings have nothing to do with the grand controversies over...

Chronicles the rise of a new vocabulary in the twenty-first century. From Silicon Valley to the White House, from primary school to higher education, and from the factory floor to the church pulpit, we are all called to be innovators and entrepreneurs, to be curators of an ever-expanding roster...

This work presents a collection of keywords from various documents. The keywords give an insight into the major concepts of the disciplines management, public relations, and marketing communication. The synchronic approach to the topic allows to study each document as a testimony of its time and...