Terminology of the competitive intelligence process: a theoretical and methodological study

Abstract

The purposes of the present investigation are to develop a theoretical and methodological study of the concept of indexing language and its interface with Terminology, to verify the applicability of the think aloud verbal protocol methodology as a tool for the recollection of terms, and to develop a methodology proposal for the construction of documentary language concerning the processes of identification and confirmation of terms. We use as lingüistic corpus the scientific and technical texts that deal with the sub dominion competitive intelligence process published in journals and conference proceedings between the years of 1999 and 2002 that fit in the classification process Qualis from CAPES in categories which indicated quality with grade A in 2002, nationwide. As a result, the groups of identified and confirmed terms are presented, with the purpose of delineating the linguistic and terminological profile of the essential terms of the sub-dominion competitive intelligence process. The degree of compatibility between the language utilized in technical and scientific texts and the one employed by the user was considered high. Thus, it was concluded that the proposed methodology is effective for collecting the group of terms and enabling the analysis of the subjects in the moment of accomplishing the task.