Pamela Faber
{{short description|American linguist}}
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| field = Terminology, Specialized Translation, Cognitive Semantics, and Lexicography
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Pamela Faber Benítez (born 1950) is an American/Spanish linguist. She has held the Chair of Translation and Interpreting at the Department of Translation and Interpreting of the University of Granada since 2001.
She received her Ph.D. from the University of Granada in 1986 and also holds degrees from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Paris-Sorbonne University.
Research
Pamela Faber is best known for her works on the Functional Lexematic Model and her cognitive theory of Terminology called Frame-Based Terminology.{{Cite web|title=Pamela Faber|url=https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=AZLn5mYAAAAJ&hl=en|access-date=2022-02-02|website=scholar.google.com}}
=Functional Lexematic Model=
The Functional Lexematic Model was elaborated by Leocadio Martín Mingorance and further developed by his collaborators Pamela Faber and Ricardo Mairal. It integrates Coşeriu's Theory of Lexematics and Dik's Functional Grammar.
The two main objectives sought within this lexicological model are:
- the specification of the semantic architecture of the lexicon of a language, and
- the representation of knowledge based on the linguistic encoding found in dictionary entries.
These objectives are mutually dependent in the sense that the former serves as the input for the latter.
=Frame-Based Terminology=
{{Main article|Frame-Based Terminology}}
Frame-Based Terminology is a recent cognitive approach to Terminology developed by Pamela Faber and colleagues at the University of Granada. It was conceived within the context of the Functional Lexematic Model and Cognitive Linguistics.
Frame-Based Terminology focuses on:
- conceptual organization;
- the multidimensional nature of terminological units; and
- the extraction of semantic and syntactic information through the use of multilingual corpora.
Within this context, Faber's current major project is called [http://ecolexicon.ugr.es EcoLexicon], a terminological knowledge base on the Environment.
Seminal publications
- Faber, Pamela (ed.). 2012. A Cognitive Linguistics View of Terminology and Specialized Language. Berlin, Boston: Mouton De Gruyter. ({{ISBN|978-3-11-027720-3}}).
- Faber, Pamela, Pilar León Araúz, and Juan Antonio Prieto Velasco. 2009. [http://www.academicpress.us/journals/511X/download/v1n1-1.pdf Semantic Relations, Dynamicity, and Terminological Knowledge Bases]. Current Issues in Language Studies 1: 1-23.
- {{cite journal |last1=Faber |first1=Pamela |first2=Pilar León |last2=Araúz |first3=Juan Antonio Prieto |last3=Velasco |first4=Arianne |last4=Reimerink |year=2007 |url=http://lexicon.ugr.es/pub/faberetal2007 |title=Linking Images and Words: the description of specialized concepts |journal=International Journal of Lexicography |volume=20 |number=1 |pages=39–65 |doi=10.1093/ijl/ecl038|citeseerx=10.1.1.607.3003 }}
- Faber, Pamela, Silvia Montero Martínez, María Rosa Castro Prieto, José Senso Ruiz, Juan Antonio Prieto Velasco, Pilar León Araúz, Carlos Márquez Linares, and Miguel Vega Expósito. 2006. [http://lexicon.ugr.es/pub/faberetal2006 Process-oriented terminology management in the domain of Coastal Engineering]. Terminology 12, no. 2: 189-213. {{doi|10.1075/term.12.2.03fab}}.
- Faber, Pamela, Carlos Márquez Linares, and Miguel Vega Expósito. 2005. [http://www.erudit.org/livre/meta/2005/000255co.pdf Framing Terminology: A Process-Oriented Approach]. Meta : journal des traducteurs / Meta: Translators’ Journal 50, no. 4.
- Faber, Pamela, and Catalina Jiménez Hurtado. 2004. Traducción, lenguaje y cognición. Granada: Comares. ({{ISBN|9788484448945}})
- Faber, Pamela, and Catalina Jiménez Hurtado. 2002. Investigar en terminología. Granada: Comares. ({{ISBN|9788484446323}})
- Faber, Pamela, and Ricardo Mairal Usón. 1999. Constructing a Lexicon of English Verbs. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter. ({{ISBN|9783110164169}}).
References
External links
- [http://lexicon.ugr.es/faber Pamela Faber's profile at LexiCon Research Group]
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Category:Linguists from the United States
Category:21st-century Spanish linguists
Category:University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill alumni
Category:University of Paris alumni
Category:American women linguists
Category:American expatriates in France