| Id | Segment | Tagger | CU |
| 1 | The social dimension of terminological standardisation | A1 | |
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In today's society there are two apparently contradictory trends: | A1 | |
| 3 | on the one hand there is a growing need for harmonisation at international level due to continuous economic, political, social and cultural links and exchanges. | A1 | |
| 4 | But on the other hand there is a recognition of diversity (and the consequent affirmation of individuality) in all areas of human life. | A1 | |
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Terminology, which is an eminently social field, must accommodate these general trends, along with others such as the headlong progress of technology, the advance of sciences towards interdisciplinarity and hyper-specialisation, and the immediacy with which data are exchanged in the information society. | A1 | |
| 6 | All these factors lead to an increase in the number of specialist terms which enrich terminology | A1 | |
| 7 | but also call into question some of its basic concepts, such as the one to one relationship between ideas and names, the concept of mastery of a specialist field and the role of standardisation in terminology. | A1 | |
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The basic principles of standardisation, such as consensus between the sectors of society involved, remain fully valid in guaranteeing specialist communication, | A1 | |
| 9 | but in practical terminological work the close relationship which must exist between standardisation and society is sometimes neglected. | A1 | |
| 10 | The danger in this is that there may be a breakdown in the equilibrium required between the certain degree of arbitrariness which is inevitable in a consensus and the actual use of terminology by specialists. | A1 | |
| 11 | In this case, standardisation not only ceases to be effective but also fails to fulfil its purpose. | A1 | |
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This paper looks, on the basis of experience in the standardisation of terminology in Catalan, at the social need for standardisation of terminology. | A1 | |
| 13 | Some of the difficulties faced will be discussed, | A1 | |
| 14 | and ideas will be given for approaching this field in present day society. | A1 | |