• All linguistic expressions which can be used to refer to entities in some world are analysed as terms. •Terms range from very simple items such as pronouns (“he”, “she”, “they”) and proper names (“John”, ”Mary”) to extremely complex noun phrases such as: (16) a book that Jim told me nobody reads in Western world, although it is rightly considered as a masterpiece of Chinese literature • […] we distinguish between basic and derived term structure.
- Dik (1989), a pag.55

By a term we understand any expression which can be used to refer to an entity or entities in some world.
- Dik (1989), a pag.111

We have defined terms as instruments for referring to entities in some world.
- Dik (1989), a pag.113