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This paper presents the introduction of frame semantics in SciE-Lex, a lexical database of biomedical English, in order to establish frame-based semantic networks among the lexical units contained in the database and draw attention to the domain-specific meanings and syntactic patterns that they exhibit. Taking the general English FrameNet database as a reference and the verbs diminish, compete, and perturb as an illustration, this paper shows how modelling the syntacticosemantic properties of biomedical English results in three scenarios: (a) the general English FrameNet analysis is fully adequate for biomedical usage (b) the frame elements in the general English FrameNet do not fully characterize the semantic and syntactic properties of the lexical items in biomedical English, so an existing frame needs to be customized (c) the frame(s) evoked in general English are different, so either the customization of an existing frame or the addition of a new frame is necessary. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper explores the relationship between terminology, the popularisation of scientific and technical knowledge and ideology in the People's Republic of China. Specifically, it presents a study that focuses on an online daily column entitled 'Scientific & Technical Term of the Day' (每日科技名词), a terminology popularisation project promoted by China's contemporary political leadership and implemented through the digital institutional platform Xuexi qiangguo 学习强国. Drawing on the theoretical frameworks of critical discourse studies and legitimation in discourse, as well as frame analysis and frame semantics, the paper presents an analysis of expository texts designed to complement the knowledge provided by terminographic definitions of the terms published in the daily column. The focus is on the framing of China and the Party-state in these texts, which, it is argued, can also be interpreted as legitimation strategies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This summary provides an overview of a special issue of the journal Terminology that explores the relationship between terminology and ideology in discourse. The issue includes six papers that use corpus linguistics methods to investigate terminology in various subject areas and languages. The first article examines the presence of ideology in a project for the popularization of Chinese scientific and technical terminology in China. The second article analyzes shifts in terminology related to Body Dysmorphic Disorder, reflecting societal ideologies regarding beauty standards and self-image. The third article explores the representation of disability in the institutional discourse of the European Union, while the fourth article investigates the power of metaphor in the formation of terms for vulnerable people in European Union English and Mandarin Chinese. The summary concludes by highlighting the importance of further research in understanding the various forms of terminological variation and ideological influences in terminology. [Extracted from the article]