La réduction des termes de la construction durable : Un exemple d'économie linguistique?

In order to verify the validity of the principle of linguistic economy, normally associated with specialised languages, and to assess its scope in emerging fields, we looked at the reduction processes for terms in sustainable construction, a sector belonging to the wider field of sustainability. Using a morphosyntactic approach and a corpus of expert texts written between 2018 and 2022, we have identified types of reduction that play a crucial role in disseminating the principles and values underpinning sustainable development in the field we have chosen to analyse: acronyms, abbreviations and terms composed of the prefix eco and the word carbon. The analysis of these reduced forms of terminology has shown that the economy of language goes beyond purely linguistic aspects and serves the need to communicate good living practices, which link countries beyond national borders.