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.
Tanja Harteveld
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