Des corpus aux bases de données… et retour. Quelle architecture pour une base de données socioterminologiques?

Abstract

Abstract The fact is now accepted that specialised discourses do not deviate from the rules of language: variation in all its forms emerges from corpora. One of the questions that now arises is that of “implementing” socioterminological data in terminological resources: how can sociolinguistic diversity be integrated into a descriptive program? After reviewing the types of variation, this article explores an approach to integrating some of these data into a terminographic ressource. This will provide an opportunity to discuss the question of the interface with the corpus, which is no longer confined to a descriptive objective, but is likely to become a pivotal element of a database.