Speech Pathology Australia
Appendix 1: Worksheet – Criteria for Analysing Terms
Steps
1.
2.
Identify:
Identify whether
criteria related to
the Referent have
been met
3.
Identify:
4.
Identify whether
criteria related to
the Purpose have
been met
Details
My answers
Referent
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Concise and predictable
Positive/affirmative statement
Absence of circularity
Absence of tautology
Precise and co-extensive
Part of speech parity
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Purpose
Applicable Dimension
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Referent comes from the Applicable Dimension
Nature of the referent: Thing/entity, Construct
Directness of observation: Direct
objective/subjective, Indirect
Type: Etymological, Nominal, Empirical, Essential,
Causal
Role: Explain, Delineate, Describe
5.
Identify:
Users
Culture/
subculture
Context
6.
Identify whether
criteria related to
Users, Culture and
Context been met
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7.
Articulate the source
of any problems with
the term or the
Purpose
Summarise findings
and conclusion
8.
Accessible
Acceptable
Appropriate
to
sub/culture
Extract from Criteria for the Analysis of Speech Pathology Terms ©2008
Relevant
Influences
outside
speech
pathology