Every science must have an adeguate specialized terminology to permit identification and discussion of the various features pertinent to its scope. There is always a tendency (particularly in any comparatively new scientific endeavour) to increase the technical vocabulary very rapidly. Such words as 'macromorph', 'schismeme', and 'homolog' all have a value, but it is true that perhaps one could employ terms (whether single words or phrases) which would be more easily recognizable.[...] A number of new words and phrases are used in this text [...]. They are not introduced in order to be novel, but to call attention to structure.
- Nida (1949), a pag.4

There is considerable agreement among descriptive linguists as to terminology [...] On the other hand, the use of terms is not absolutely fixed, and a linguist often employs a knwon term in a different sense or adopts a hitherto unused term for some feature which has been previously identified by traditional expression. There is no justificationfor novelty purely for the sake of novelty, but there are many situations in which new terms help to point out significant features of structure. The important considerations in the use of such new words are (1) that they be clearly defined and (2) that they be used consistently.
- Nida (1949), a pag.240