Loïc Depecker is a linguist and terminologist. He is president and founder of the French Society of Terminology. He is professor and Director of Research (Language Sciences) University of Paris Sorbonne (Paris III). He was an advisor to the European Commission (DG XIII) (1996-2006). He was head of the terminology service at the general Delegation for the French language (Ministry of Culture and Communication) from 1989 to 1996, Technical Adviser to the General Commission for the French Language (Prime Minister) (1984-1989) and Adviser to the High Committee for the French language (Prime Minister) (1980-1984).
Selected publications
- La terminologie : nature et enjeux, Langages, n° 157, March 2005, Larousse, Paris, 128 p.
- L’invention de la langue : le choix des mots nouveaux, Larousse/Armand Colin, Paris, 2001 720p. (Prix Logos 2001).
Selected articles - Linguistics and Terminology: Old Problems, New Approaches, Bulletin de la Société de linguistique de Paris, vol. XCVII, fasc. 1, pp. 123-152, Paris, 2002.
- Verbal Invention in Contemporary French, organized by the Centre international d’études pédagogiques, Carré des sciences, Paris, 8-9 October 2001.
- Aspects of French vocabularies at the end of the twentieth century: between lexical creativity and parallelization of English.
- La Banque des mots, No. 60, CILF, Paris, 2000, pp. 103-134.
- Terminological Inventiveness, book of the year, 1996 edition, Paris, Larousse, pp. 349-351.
- French in the world, in Grand Larousse annuel, 1993,1994, 1995, 1996, 1997 edition, Paris, Larousse.
- Plurilinguisme et avenir des langues, Universalia, Supplément de l’Encyclopaedia Universalis, Paris, 1997, pp. 110-115.
- Language policy in France, Equivalences, Revue de l’Institut supérieur de traducteurs et Interpreters of Brussels, volumes 24/2 and 24/1-2, Brussels, 1995, pp. 33-40.
- The management of languages, Universalia 1995, Supplément de l’Encyclopaedia Universalis, Paris, 1995, pp. 133-137.
- Perfect language and right words, le Monde, 10 October 1992, p. 2.
- French languages and francophony, Universalia, Supplément de l’Encyclopaedia Universalis, Paris, 1992, pp. 128-132.