terminologialla
Terminologialla is a term used in linguistics and communication studies to describe the proliferation of specialized terminology within a discourse domain, to the point that texts become highly technical and less accessible to non-experts. The coinage is descriptive, not prescriptive, and is applied to analyze patterns of term creation, adoption, and glossing in fields such as academia, medicine, law, and corporate governance.
The word blends the Italian root terminologia with a stylistic suffix -ialla, intended to evoke a critical,
Key features include rapid term creation derived from existing roots, frequent use of abbreviations and acronyms,
Compared with jargon, which is domain-specific language understood within a community, terminologialla emphasizes the process by
Examples often include nested acronyms and multiword terms whose meanings depend on a chain of definitions.
See also: jargon, terminology management, plain language, glossaries.