Lexikos  

P. Harteveld

Foreword by the editor of Lexikos

D.J. van Schalkwyk

Introduction by the Editor-in-Chief designate of the Woordeboek van die Afrikaanse Taal to the AFRILEX series

A.A. Beyleveld,G.J. van Jaarsveld

<b>Language Sexism as a Form of Biased Lexicography</b> As an interface between linguistics and society, the dictionary serves to open up linguistics to language users in a very special way. A pragmatic approach, however, is also expected from... see more

W.F. Botha

<b>The Lemmatization of Expressions in Descriptive Afrikaans Dictionaries</b> A dictionary should award equal status to all three types of lexicon items, namely the sublexical, the lexical and the multilexical. No descriptive Afrikaans diction... see more

William Branford

This paper examines some points in the treatment of grammatical structure in four recent dictionaries of English as L1. These are viewed against the background concepts of "lexicogrammar" (Halliday 1978) and of the interdependence of lexicographical and s... see more

Johan Combrink

<b>Development of Concepts</b>This article describes ten historically parallel developments of the same type of concepts, contained in more than one Afrikaans lexeme. Such a development is e.g. one where the initial concept, "form", gave rise ... see more

L. Dekker

<b>Swearing, Abuse and Vulgarity in Language: The Lexicographical Treatment of Sociolinguistically Offensive Lexical Items</b> This article limits itself to some thoughts on the lexicographical handling of swearing, abuse and ordinary "bad lan... see more

L.G. de Stadler

<b>Syntagmatic Lexical Relations in Afrikaans</b> Since the work by Porzig (1934) it has come to be accepted that syntagmatic lexical relations (a type of lexical relation that holds between two lexical items on a syntagmatic level, such as th... see more

J.C.M.D. du Plessis

<b>Implications for Lexicography of the Classification of Plants and Animals in Folk Taxonomy</b> In this essay the scientific taxonomic system is contrasted with the folk taxonomic system through the use of relational semantic models: the bas... see more

W. Gericke

<b>Early Word-lists and Dictionaries in Connection with Afrikaans</b> The beginning of professional lexicography in South Africa can be taken as far back as 1926, when Prof J.J. Smith officially started the work on <i>Die Afrikaanse Woor... see more

R.H. Gouws

<b>The Lexicographical Treatment of Word Group Stems</b> The lexicon of Afrikaans consists of a variety of lexical items which have to be included in Afrikaans dictionaries as lexical, sublexical and multilexical lemmas. This paper deals with ... see more

P. Harteveld

<b>The Computerization of the Lexicographical Processes at the Bureau of the WAT</b> In August 1987 the Bureau of the WAT started computerizing its lexicographical processes. This article describes the advantages of computerizing, the phases o... see more

F.J. Lombard

<b>The Nature and Presentation of the Lexicographical Definition</b> The lexicographical definition is still the most important entry in a dictionary article. It is important that this significant entry, like other dictionary entries, should r... see more

F.F. Odendal

<b>Aspects of the Authority of the Dictionary</b> It is a well-known fact that the man in the street looks upon the dictionary as a final and undisputed authority. This means the lexicographer carries an immense responsibility. In particular, ... see more

A.F. Prinsloo

<b>Dictionary and Usage: A Vicious Circle</b> This study examines the statement that the practice of compiling Afrikaans explanatory and translating dictionaries by excerpting from published material has created a vicious circle that results i... see more

P.H. Swanepoel

<b>Polysemy in the Dictionary --- a Cognitive Perspective</b> The main purpose of this article is to explicate Geeraerts's claim (cf. Geeraerts l983b, 1990a) that prototype semantics is well suited as a basis for lexicographical metatheory. Wi... see more

A.E. van Niekerk

<b>The Lexicographical Treatment of Neo-classical and Pseudo-syntactic Compounds</b> The inconsistent treatment of neo-classical and pseudo-syntactic compounds in existing dictionaries can be ascribed mainly to uncertainty about the morphologi... see more

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