33 articles in this issue
J.C.M.D. Du Plessis
>Die eerste uitgawe van Lexikos is aan mnr. D.C. Hauptfleisch by sy aftrede as hoofredakteur van die Woordeboek van die Afrikaanse Taal (WAT) aangebied. Aangesien dit bedoel was as 'n eenmalige huldigingsbundel, het dit derhalwe geen uitgawenommer nie.... see more
R.H. Gouws
Volgens 'n ou Kaapse gesegde is 'n vakvereniging sonder 'n eie tydskrif soos 'n spook sonder 'n laken. AFRILEX is dankbaar dat Lexikos aan ons vereniging volwaardige en omvattende spookstatus gee. Sedert sy stigting in 1995 is AFRILEX gekenmerk as 'n vere... see more
Michaël Abecassis
Abstract: Dictionaries have become essential tools of the modern world. Not only have dictionary sales dramatically increased, but the variety of dictionaries and the competition between editors are also very much on the rise. Monolingual dictionaries att... see more
Hashan Al-Ajmi
Abstract: This study tries to shed light on the role of dictionary examples in the comprehension of word meanings. An experimental procedure has been devised whereby two groups of students with English as major subject at Kuwait University were asked to p... see more
Birger Andersen,Patrick Leroyer
Abstract: Travel dictionaries are edited with a view to helping international tourists with no or very little previous knowledge of the foreign language. They aim to solve communicative problems in a number of specific situations in which tourists wish... see more
Ilse Feinauer,Ilse Feinauer
Opsomming: Die profiel van die potensiële gebruiker moet die riglyn wees by alle leksikografiesebesluite telkens wanneer woordeboeke beplan, hersien of saamgestel word. Die formaat,struktuur en ordening van 'n vertaalwoordeboek gerig op professionele vert... see more
Gilles-Maurice de Schryver
Abstract: Traditionally, Zulu adjectives have been lemmatized under their stems only. In this research article, an in-depth analysis is undertaken to make a case for the lemmatization of all frequent adjectival forms with their adjective concords rather... see more
Abstract: In Zulu, there are three kinds of quantitatives: inclusive, exclusive and numeral. For the lemmatization of these, even existing traditional dictionaries felt the need to move away from a pure 'stem' approach towards a 'word' approach. In a ne... see more
Rachélle Gauton
Abstract: This article focuses on the problems, and advantages and disadvantages of the bilingual dictionary from both the lexicographer's and the translator's point of view, with specific reference to bilingual Zulu dictionaries. It is shown that there... see more
V.M. Mojela
Abstract: The article investigates the effects of the underutilization of the abundant vocabulary of Sesotho sa Leboa, which results from a one-sided standardization approach owing to the disregard and stigmatization of most dialects. Sesotho sa Leboa h... see more
Rosamund Moon
Abstract: Conventionally, dictionaries present information about institutionalized words,phrases, and senses of words; more creative formations and usages are generally ignored. Yet textand corpus data provide ample evidence of creativity in language, sho... see more
Germain Mulamba Nshindi
Résumé: Cet article s'efforce à examiner les difficultés inhérentes à la traduction du cilubà enfrançais et en anglais de certains énoncés, à savoir, les expressions religieuses, les devises et lesproverbes. Il a essayé de démontrer qu'une fois que le mes... see more
Sandro Nielsen
Abstract: An important aspect for any lexicographer to consider is the ease with which users will be able to acquire the necessary information from the data presented in the dictionary, whether electronic or printed. Furthermore, this aspect has high p... see more
Liezl Potgieter
Opsomming: Woordeboeke is belangrike en noodsaaklike hulpmiddels vir vertalers, maartog het baie vertalers gemengde gevoelens veral oor tweetalige woordeboeke. Terwyl hulle aan dieeen kant nie werklik daarsonder kan werk nie, bied tweetalige woordeboeke a... see more
Piet Swanepoel
Abstract: The reviewing of dictionaries is a time-honoured praxis, but reviewers have often been criticized for only describing the design features of the dictionaries under review and not evaluating these features, for narrowing their reviews down to one... see more
Sven Tarp,Rufus H. Gouws
Abstract: Language policy prevails at different levels and its formulation typically results in a prescriptive presentation of data. In their dictionaries, lexicographers have to respond to the decisions of language policy makers. In this regard dictiona... see more
Herbert Ernst Wiegand
Zusammenfassung: In diesem Beitrag werden die Begriffe bereitgestellt, die benötigt werden,um jedes bereits gegebene oder noch zu planende gedruckte Wörterbuchregister in einer einheitlichentheoretischen Perspektive analysieren und entwickeln zu können, u... see more
Guy De Pauw,Gilles-Maurice de Schryver
Abstract: Computational morphological analysis is an important first step in the automatic treatment of natural language and a useful lexicographic tool. This article describes a corpus-based approach to the morphological analysis of Swahili. We particula... see more
Fred Pheiffer
Abstract: When Pharos Dictionaries was established in 1996, its first order of business was to develop a comprehensive Afrikaans–English/English–Afrikaans dictionary that could succeed the standard-bearing but ageing TW (Tweetalige Woordeboek/Bilingual Di... see more
Michelle F. van der Merwe
Abstract: The South African wine industry identified the need for a special-field on-line dictionary on viticulture and oenology in Afrikaans, English and isi-Xhosa. The dictionary provides information on wine terminology as well as linguistic information... see more
Guy-Modeste Ekwa Ebanégar,Fatima Tomba Moussavou
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... see more
Munzhedzi James Mafela
Abstract: L.T. Marole is a pioneer in Tshiven?a lexicography. He is especially known for the compilation of word lists and phrase books. Through his production of these lexicographic works, Marole has preserved some Tshiven? a terminology which is now reg... see more
Jeremy Bergerson
Abstract: Afrikaans etymological lexicography has yet to see an analytic dictionary along the lines of Sigmund Feist's Gotisches etymologisches Wörterbuch or Anatoly Liberman's An Analytic Dictionary of English Etymology. Before an analytic dictionary of ... see more
Jean-Nicolas De Surmont
Après la réédition de ses produits électroniques (Petit Robert électronique 2007 paru en septembre 2006 et le Grand Robert électronique paru en 2005) mentionnons la récente parution de deux ouvrages: Le Dictionnaire des combinaisons de mots: les synonymes... see more
Lexikos Lexikos
On 5 September 2008, the degree of Doctor of Literature, Honoris Causa, wasconferred on B.T. Sue Atkins by the University of Pretoria. The decision by theCouncil and the Senate to award her this degree was taken on the grounds ofthe following consideratio... see more
Op 1 Junie 1958 het D.C. Hauptfleisch as opsteller (later mederedakteur) lidgeword van die redaksie van die Woordeboek van die Afrikaanse Taal (WAT)onder dr. P.C. Schoonees, die tweede hoofredakteur. Op 1 Oktober 1966 is hybevorder tot assistenthoofredakt... see more
On 1 June 1958, D.C. Hauptfleisch joined the editorial staff of the Woordeboekvan die Afrikaanse Taal (WAT) as compiler (later co-editor) under Dr P.C.Schoonees, the second editor-in-chief. On 1 October 1966, he was promoted toassistant editor-in-chief. A... see more
Abstract: Since at least a decade ago, the lexicographic community at large has been demandingthat a modern textbook be designed — one that would place corpora at the centre of the lexicographicenterprise. Written by two of the most respected practising l... see more
To be user-friendly, monolingual and bilingual dictionaries for foreign usersmust be both easy to use and easy to read. They are designed to help prospectiveusers both encode and decode, and to facilitate the comprehension of somevocabulary items or parti... see more
Maria Smit
This volume contains a selection of papers read at the 12th International Symposiumon Lexicography, held in Copenhagen from April 29 to May 1, 2004.Many topical issues are discussed, and even though the volume is arrangedaccording to different lexicograph... see more
Malami Buba
Hausa (Chadic/Afroasiatic) is a major world language, spoken by more than 40 million people who are mostly found in northern Nigeria and the Republic of Niger. A sizeable number reside in other parts of Nigeria and the major cities of West Africa (Accra, ... see more
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