LANGUAGE OF AIRCRAFT DOCUMENTATION: USING A MULTILINGUAL CORPUS IN COLLABORATIVE WORK IN LEXICOGRAPHY AND PEDAGOGY

This paper describes collaborative work by two higher education institutions in Brazil and China that joined forces to build a corpus with view investigating the language of aircraft maintenance documentation for teaching lexicography purposes. The consists three languages, including English, Chinese Portuguese still under construction. opens an overview language-related studies field, drawing attention this specific niche its demands. It discusses trials already performed English sub-corpora, challenges faced, importance task-sharing multidisciplinary teams. emphasizes need combine linguistics professional expertise not only develop materials aviation industry but also assist development trainees who can experience setting during their education. will be used (among others) preparing pedagogical material personnel pilots air traffic controllers. serve as lexicographic resource designing visual dictionary collocates constructing trilingual glossaries.