Les étiquettes dans les musées et les expositions scientifiques et techniques

摘要

What can we learn from empirical or prescriptive literature on the questions raised by the presence of labels in scientific and technical muséums and exhibitions? This paper first gives a précise définition ofthe word label, followed by aparticular review using a linguistic approach. In our discussion, we hâve made use of a few illustrations taken from the abundant corpus of labels collected during surveys carried out at French exhibitions. We analyze différent typologies of labels and the improvements recommended by specialists on the editing oftheir texts in order to make them more attractive to read.