Adventure tourism trilingual dictionary: writing of definitions for the field of water adventure activities

• Grant number: 15/12321-1
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: October 01, 2015
• End date: September 30, 2016
• Field of knowledge: Linguistics, Literature and Arts - Linguistics - Linguistic Theory and Analysis
• Principal Investigator: Ivanir Azevedo Delvizio
• Grantee: Patrícia Lais Ramos Santos
• Host Institution: Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Rosana. Rosana , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Adventure Tourism sector, related to tourism movements derived from the practice of non-competitive recreational adventure activities, has attracted increasing attention due to its great potential of promoting economic growth and development for many Brazilian regions and its local communities, besides being a great attraction to international tourists. The standardization of terms used in Adventure Tourism in Brazil contributes to make efficient the communication among organizations, entrepreneurs, professionals and tourists. In order to provide them with tools to interchange information, national and internationally, the aim of this research project is to write the definitions for 33 terms relating to water adventure activities, contributing to the creation of a trilingual glossary (Portuguese-English-Spanish) of terms used in Adventure Tourism. The research involves the domains of Terminology, Bilingual Terminology, Corpus Linguistics and Adventure Tourism. In relation to theoretical fundamentals, we follow Terminology Communicative Theory (CABRÉ, 1999) concepts. The writing of the definitions will be based on a set of terminological records which contains terms, definitions and contexts in Portuguese, English and Spanish extracted from a corpus consisted of texts on adventure tourism.