18-asis Europos specialiosios kalbos simpoziumas „Special Language and Innovation in Multilingual World“

194 A. Auksoriūtė | 18th European Symposium on Special Languages | Special Language and Innovation in Multilingual World 18th European Symposium on Special Language and Innovation in Multilingual World ALBINA AUKSoRIŪTĖ Institute of Lithuanian Language On 22-26 August 2011, the 18th European Symposium on Special Language and Innovation in Multilingual World was held for the first time in Russia, at the Perm State University. The symposium examined a wide range of topics: new technologies of professional communication, multilingualism and special language, translation problems, cognitive aspects of special language, professional competence and special language, innovations in special language teaching, terminology and terminography, linguistic features of special discourse, etc. The European Special Language Symposium is organized every two years. More than eighty papers were presented at the symposium, divided into six sections: 1) Terminology and Terminography; 2) Linguistic Features of Special Discourse; 3) Innovation Technologies in Professional Communication; 4) Cognitive Aspects of Special Languages; 5) Innovation in LSP Training; 6) Translation and LSP. Two colloquia were organized: Language policy and LSP planning and The Many Faces of Analysis in Cognitive-Behavioral Sciences. Communicative Terminology (Several aspects of research on cognitive and communicative terminology). Four presentations were given by guest speakers: Johan Myking (University of Literature and Aesthetics of Bergen), Boris Proskurnin (State University of Perm), Gerhard Budin (University of Vienna) and Sergius Grinev-Griniewicz (University of Balstoge). In his presentation Parameters of Special Language Planning, J. Mykingas examined five terminology and 195Terminology | 2011 | 18 parameters of a special language, based on the statement that language can always be subject to ordering. According to him, the idea that language can be managed has not been accepted so far, but in recent years there has been a particular interest in language planning issues in the fields of terminology and special language. This interest has been driven mainly by the challenges of theory in relation to social challenges, particularly with the establishment of English as the “lingua franca” in research and university lectures. B. Proskurnin looked at special language in a slightly different way, he analyzed Charles Dickens' poetic language as a special language. Mr. Budinas presented his presentation Designing and Implementing Strategies of Global, Multilingual “Disaster Communication”, in which he presented the results of the research programme on communication in natural and man-made disasters, which was launched in 2001 and comprises two European Union projects and several national projects – the development of a multilingual terminology database, a dictionary in eight languages and a multilingual parallel textbook in the field of risk management. The fourth guest speaker, S. Grinev-Griniewicz, in his presentation “Terminological Aspects of Language Policy” gave a detailed presentation of the history and development of language policy, discussed the conceptual framework, the terms used and other terminological aspects of language policy, and compared the approach to understanding language policy in Western and Eastern Europe. According to the rapporteur, language policy planning, especially long-term planning, must be based on a comprehensive analysis of the terminology state and the study of its directions and trends, the forecasting of language development and the determination of directions and methods of special lexical management. Since 2001, the International Institute for Terminology Research (IITF) has been organizing colloquia together with the European Symposium on Special Languages. The main purpose of such colloquia is to provide an opportunity to discuss current problems of terminology theory and its application. The first of the two colloquia organized in 2011 (Language policy and LSP planning) was devoted to language policy and special language planning (the topic was also discussed in the presentation of the already mentioned guest speaker from Norway, Professor J. Myking). The main coordinator and organizer of the event is Heribertas Pichtas. The organizers invited well-known specialists to present and discuss the above-mentioned topic. In addition to the keynote speakers, who spoke for 45 minutes, 196 A. Auksoriūtė | The 18th European Symposium on Special Languages | Special Language and Innovation in Multilingual World invited respondents whose aim was either to supplement, clarify the information of the main presentations, or to provide a different view on the issue. Respondents were familiarized with the key messages in advance and spoke after 15 minutes. In the first part of the colloquium, dedicated to language policy, three papers were read. The first presentation, When cognitive sciences meet real life: Decoding the semiotic cocktail of food labels from a fairness perspective, was delivered by Viktor Smith and Henrik Selsøe Sørensen (Copenhagen Business School), and their respondents were Niina Nissilä from Vaasa University (Finland) and Serguey Shelov from Vinogradov Institute of Russian Language (Russia). Albina Auksoriūtė (Lithuanian Language Institute) presented language policy in Lithuania, she read a report Language policy in Lithuania – state-of-art and social conditions and theoretical foundation. The speaker was S. Grinev-Griniewiczius, who briefly presented the peculiarities of language policy in Latvia. The third presentation, Nordic language policy – a long tradition which is still very much alive, was given by Christer Laurén (Vasa University), who discussed the language policy of the Scandinavian countries in a fairly detailed manner. The second part of the colloquium was devoted to the planning of special language, three main papers were read on this topic. Mr. Picht spoke about the use of parallel languages, the possibilities, characteristics and drawbacks of such use. His report Parallel language use – a solution for minor languages? (Is coexistence a good solution for small languages?) respondents were Merja Koskela and Nina Pilke (Vaasa University). Christian Galinskis, Director of Infoterm, read a presentation entitled “The work of today’s TC/37 in the light of ‘semantic interoperability’. Standardisation as an issue of corpus planning”, which was presented by Birthe Toft (University of Southern Denmark) and Vera Tabanakova (Tyumen State University). The colloquium was concluded by Klaus-Dirk Schmitz (University of Applied Sciences Cologne), who spoke about the peculiarities of localization. Localisation – an issue of terminology planning. Theoretical foundation and practical application. 197Terminologija | 2011 | 18 implications (Localization – a problem of terminology planning: theoretical basis and practical application) respondents were Sue Ellena Wright (Kent State University) and S. Grinev-Griniewiczius. The second colloquium (The Many Faces of Analysis in Cognitive-Communicative Terminology) dealt with cognitive terminology. Its coordinator and organizer is Larissa Manerko from Moscow Lomonosov State University. Cognitive terminology is one of the fastest developing branches of cognitive linguistics in Russia, so the papers were read exclusively by scientists from Russia. The aim of this colloquium was to show the diversity of cognitive methodology approaches based on the nature of terms, their semantics and conceptualization, terminological systems and relationships between their parts, and the possibility of distinguishing cognitive systems affecting professional discourse. In the first part, five papers of Moscow scientists were read, in which semantics and nomination processes were examined, based on the analysis of various methods, scientific concepts were discussed as part of the semiotic system, the differences between terms and their synonyms were shown, using them in a certain context. The second part of the colloquium is devoted to the modeling of human linguistic abilities expressed by terminological systems. Four reports by Moscow scientists were read. At the 18th European Symposium on Special Languages and two colloquia, about a hundred presentations were read, in which scholars from different countries examined a number of different issues of special language, revealed differences of views, discussed current problems, debated and sought solutions to problems. Perm State University has published the theses of the 18th European Symposium on Special Languages and is preparing a collection of articles based on the presentations at the symposium and colloquia. Retrieved 2011-12-20. Albina Auksoriūtė Institute of Lithuanian Language P. Vileišio g. 5, LT-10308 Vilnius, Lithuania Email: [email protected]