Causes of terminological variation

Abstract

Abstract The aim of studying terminological variation is to understand the reasons for the existence of several denominations for the same concept in specialised texts. Based on Freixa (2006) , this article resumes the study of the causes of terminological variation and updates the proposal with a literature review of the research on this topic in recent years. We first situate terminological variation as a natural and necessary feature of terminological units. We then give an overview of the advances in studying and representing variation and its causes. This leads to the main part of the article, which reviews the different causes of variation and provides new nuances and examples in light of the literature reviewed.

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