Pamela Faber

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.

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

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 EcoLexicon, a terminological knowledge base on the Environment.

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Research

Functional Lexematic Model

Frame-Based Terminology

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