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Lexikos  

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Number Vol27 Year 2017

30 articles in this issue 

Heidi Agerbo

Approximately a decade ago, it was suggested that a new function should be added to the lexicographical function theory: the interpretive function. However, hardly any research has been conducted into this function, and though it was only suggested that t... see more

 

Mariëtta Alberts

Prolingua's Contribution to Terminology Development in Afri­kaans.The research problem addressed in this article deals with the isolated development of Afri­kaans terminology in a multilingual dispensation. The research problem manifests itself in three w... see more

 

Safi Eldeen Alzi'abi

Collocational studies have recently attracted a great deal of interest. To date, hardly any study has tackled Arab EFL learners' competency in the use of verb–adverb collocations. This study explores the way advanced Arab EFL learners handle verb–adverb c... see more

 

Liezl H. Ball,Theo J.D. Bothma

The Afrikaanse idiome-woordeboek is a prototype e-dictionary of Afrikaans fixed expressions developed with the intention to test the functionalities of the e-dictionary. This dictionary is based on the function theory of lexicography. The e-dictionary mak... see more

 

Henning Bergenholtz,Rufus H. Gouws

In linguistics, more specifically in the field of lexical semantics, a lot of attention has been given to polysemy and homonymy. The identification of and distinction between polysemy and homonymy should not be regarded as unproblematic. The lexicographic... see more

 

Monika Biesaga

The latest research conducted by De Jong (2014) indicated that only a few European academic dictionaries, among over one hundred and fifty, use pictorial illustrations. On the other hand, it has been mentioned several times in the literature (related to b... see more

 

Sonja E. Bosch,Laurette Pretorius

The central research question that is addressed in this article is: How can ZulMorph, a finite state morphological analyser for Zulu, be employed to add value to Zulu lexical semantics with specific reference to Zulu verbs? The verb is the most complex wo... see more

 

Alice Yin Wa Chan

This article discusses the use of a bilingualized dictionary, namely Oxford Advanced Learner's English–Chinese Dictionary 8 (OALECD8), by advanced Hong Kong Cantonese ESL learners in the determination of noun countability and associated article use. A hom... see more

 

Radu Dragulescu

German Vocabulary in Romanian Plant Names. A Report of Romanian Lexicographic Practice.This paper examines an important but insufficiently investigated phenomenon — lexical innovation as a result of plant naming and the expression of national customs and ... see more

 

Mariusz Piotr Kaminski

This paper aims to explore the potential usefulness of two techniques that visualise collocational preference for the purpose of synonym discrimination. Given the fact that collocation is one of the most important markers of meaning difference, it is used... see more

 

Langa Khumalo

The term intellectualization was famously used in the Prague School to describe a process that a language undergoes in its development and refinement. In our South African context intellectualization entails a carefully planned process of hastening the cu... see more

 

Sugene Kim

This study examined the teachability of collocations through cultivating EFL learners' collocation dictionary skills. Fifty-nine EFL college students participated in the study, and they received two 75-minute instructions between pre- and post-tests: one ... see more

 

Xiqin Liu

This article investigates electronic dictionaries under the framework of Systemic-Functional Multimodal Discourse Analysis (SF-MDA) and argues for improving their exemplification multimodally. Multimodal devices, if well coordinated, can help optimize e-d... see more

 

Julia Miller,Deny A. Kwary,Ardian W. Setiawan

This article reports on an online cultural dictionary for learners of English as an Additional Language (EAL) in Australia. Potential users studying English for academic purposes in an Australian university pre-entry program informed each stage of the dic... see more

 

Dion Nkomo

This paper interrogates students' use of dictionaries for examination purposes at Rhodes University in South Africa. The practice, which is provided for by the university's language policy, is widely seen as a linguistic intervention particularly aimed at... see more

 

Blanche Nyangone Assam

The present article is a plea for mother tongue education dictionary projects in Gabonese lexicography. The latter has been in a fast-developing process for the past twenty years and has experienced quite an important crop of dictionary products in such a... see more

 

D.J. Prinsloo,Theo J.D. Bothma,Ulrich Heid,Daniel J. Prinsloo

This article introduces a prototype of a writing (and learning) assistant for verbal relative clauses of the African language Sepedi, accessible from within a dictionary or from a word processor. It is an example of how a user support tool for complicated... see more

 

D.J. Prinsloo,Elsabé Taljard

African Language Lexicography: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow.This article aims to give a perspective on African language lexicography's response to developments in international lexicographic practice in relation to new trends and changes mainly brought a... see more

 

Doris Sava

Considerations on a New Bilingual German–Romanian Phraseological Dictionary.The conventional Romanian bilingual phraseography with German contains significant shortcomings regarding both the conceptual orientation of the dictionary and the structure of th... see more

 

Emmanuel Sithole,Dion Nkomo

This article critically evaluates the ChiNdau–English and English–ChiNdau Vocabulary: With Grammatical Notes, a bilingual dictionary published in 1915 by the American Board Mission (Rhodesian Branch), with a view of determining its suitability for use as ... see more

 

Sven Tarp,Kasper Fisker,Peter Sepstrup

Dictionaries are increasingly integrated into other tools designed to assist the reading, writing and translation of texts. Write Assistant is a newly developed tool aimed at assisting people writing in a second language. It feeds on big data taken in fro... see more

 

Marjeta Vrbinc,Alenka Vrbinc

The article discusses the treatment of zero equivalence in an English–Slovene dictionary (ESD). The absence of equivalents in the TL is marked by two symbols: Ø (a complete absence of any equivalent) and # (equivalence at the level of the entire message r... see more

 

Krista Williams

Colors have senses specific to particular fields such as physics and printing, in addition to senses used in everyday life. This article examines the specialized information found in color definitions in French, American and British dictionaries. We explo... see more

 

Beata Wójtowicz

When compiling a dictionary, a lexicographer has a set of decisions to make — starting with drawing up a lemma list to such issues as formatting a dictionary entry. Relying on corpus data while designing a lemma list and describing entries is standard in ... see more

 

Mei Xue

Meaning in dictionaries ranks as the most frequent data type consulted by language learners. An extensive range of devices have been developed to represent the meaning of lexical items in learner's dictionaries. Starting from interpreting foreign language... see more

 

Przemyslaw Debowiak,Bogumil Ostrowski,Jadwiga Waniakowa

The article offers an insight into etymological information provided in the Polish Academy of Sciences Great Dictionary of Polish (Pol. Wielki slownik jezyka polskiego PAN, WSJP PAN). The dictionary and the rules of producing the entries are briefly prese... see more

 

Dehui Li

Review of Philip Durkin. The Oxford Handbook of Lexicography.

 

Marius Swart

Review of Die Taalkommissie van die Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns. Afrikaanse Woordelys en Spelreëls.