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A Survey of the Dictionary Use of Gabonese Students 349-365 at Two South African Universities Guy-Modeste Ekwa Ebanéga and Fatima Tomba Moussavou

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Abstract: This article presents a preliminary study on Gabonese users' knowledge, opinions, attitudes and habits of the use of dictionaries, and their dictionary culture. It is based on the principle that the lexicographer should know the target users and their needs (Householder and Saporta 1962: 279). The aim of the article is to present and discuss research findings of a lexicographic survey conducted among 100 Gabonese students at the University of Stellenbosch and the Cape Peninsula University of Technology with regard to dictionary use and culture. In this article, we discuss the objective of the research, the research subjects, the research methods, the research coverage, the research findings, the description and the critical analysis of the data.Keywords: SURVEY, QUESTIONNAIRE, GABONESE USERS, DICTIONARY CULTURE,NEEDSRésumé: Une enquête de l'utilisation du dictionnaire des étudiants gabonaisà deux universités sud-africaines. Cet article présente une étude préliminaire sur laconnaissance des utilisateurs gabonais, leurs avis, leurs attitudes et leurs habitudes de l'utilisationdes dictionnaires, et leur culture de dictionnaire. Il est basé sur le principe selon lequel le lexicographedevrait connaître les usagers cibles et leurs besoins (Householder et Saporta 1962: 279). Lebut de l'article est de présenter et discuter des résultats de recherches d'une enquête lexicographiqueconduite parmi 100 étudiants gabonais à l'Université de Stellenbosch et à l'Université CapePeninsula de Technologie en ce qui concerne l'utilisation et la culture du dictionnaire. Dans cetarticle nous discutons l'objectif de la recherche, les informants, les méthodes de la recherche,l'assurance de la recherche, les résultats de la recherche, la description et l'analyse critique desdonnées.Mots-clés: ENQUÊTE, QUESTIONNAIRE, USAGERS GABONAIS, CULTURE DU DICTIONNAIRE,BESOINS

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