45 articles in this issue
J.C.M.D. Du Plessis
Met die dood vanjaar van prof. Ladislav Zgusta het Lexikos een van sy mees vooraanstaande Adviesraadslede verloor. Sy Manual of Lexicography wat in 1971 verskyn het, was moontlik en is steeds een van die mees aangehaalde en ver-melde publikasies in leksik... see more
R.H. Gouws
Dit is nogmaals 'n voorreg vir AFRILEX om met hierdie uitgawe van Lexikos vereenselwig te word ? enersyds oor die gehalte van die teoretiese werk en die verslag oor die aard en omvang van die praktiese leksikografie wat in hier-die uitgawe aangebied word ... see more
Henning Bergenholtz,Mia Johnsen
Abstract: User surveys of printed dictionaries may be characterised as non-representative and non-realistic laboratory tests, often with retrospective questions based on memory. Log file analy-ses concerning the use of Internet dictionaries, on the other ... see more
M.F. Crafford,Ilse Feinauer
Abstract: Professional translators as dictionary users. An examination of the characteristics and procedures of professional translators and the characteristics of the translation process indicate that professional translators have specific lexicographic... see more
Gilles-Maurice de Schryver,Elsabé Taljard
Abstract: In this article it is shown how a corpus-based dictionary grammar may be compiled — that is, a mini-grammar fully based on corpus data and specifically written for use in and inte-grated with a dictionary. Such an effort is, to the best of our k... see more
Dina Ferreira,Theodorus du Plessis
Abstract: Terminology Management in South Africa. A Review of Three Working Methods. The officialising of eleven languages in South Africa has resulted in the ever increasing need for the development, the elaboration and the management of terminology as w... see more
Rufus H. Gouws
Abstract: The development of theoretical lexicography clearly indicates a movement towards a more general recognition of the role of lexicographic functions. A consistent application of lexicographic functions has a major influence on the contents of dict... see more
Emmanuel Kambaja Musampa
Abstract: Socioterminological Study of the Ciluba Medical Vocabulary. At the conclusion of an investigation (led by Mbujimayi, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo) among medical and paramedical staff who are speakers and users of Ciluba, a Bantu langu... see more
Z.s.m. Mochiwa
Abstract: This article makes three significant claims about Kiswahili verbs. By investigating the verbal root pend- 'love' the article claims that the agglutinative nature of Bantu languages is at the core of the morphological fecundity of Kiswahili verbs... see more
Wlodzimierz Sobkowiak
Abstract: The phonetic aspect of (EFL) dictionaries is among the most seriously underrated and underdeveloped in (meta)lexicography. Pertinent bibliography is scant and even the best learner dictionaries are found wanting on a number of counts. This contr... see more
Elsabé Taljard,Rachélle Gauton,Liam A. Gauton
Abstract: The focus of this article is the planning and design of a bilingual, explanatory dictionary for industrial electronics with a clearly delimited and very specific target user in mind. Since the number of lemmas to be treated in the dictionary is ... see more
Sven Tarp
Abstract: Lexicography has much to contribute to the information and knowledge society. The very essence of lexicography is its capacity to provide quick and easy access to data from which information needed by different types of users in different types... see more
Herbert Ernst Wiegand
Abstract: About Access Routes in Printed Dictionaries. A Contribution towards the Intersection of Use Procedures and Dictionary Form. Following the introduction of the terminological adjectives adcurrent, incurrent, inner-current and excurrent as well as ... see more
Dwayne Bailey
Abstract: In this case study, a description is given of a keyboard layout designed to address the input needs of South African languages, specifically Venda, a language which would otherwise be impossible to type on a computer. In creating this keyboard, ... see more
Gilles-Maurice de Schryver,Guy De Pauw
Abstract: In this article the integrated corpus query functionality of the dictionary compilation software TshwaneLex is analysed. Attention is given to the handling of both raw corpus data and annotated corpus data. With regard to the latter it is shown ... see more
Michaël Abecassis
Abstract: This article sets out to explore the ways native speakers as well as foreign language learners use dictionaries and the strategies dictionary users adopt in the language acquisition process. The basis for this article is a corpus of six books (i... see more
Ilse Feinauer
Abstract: <b>Does the <i>Woordeboek van die Afrikaanse Taal Part XII</i> do it for the Afrikaans Language and South African Lexicography?</b> This review article seeks to discover the extent to which WAT Part XII complies with its ... see more
Emmanuel Chabata
Abstract: This article is an assessment of the work the African Languages Research Institute (ALRI) has done towards developing the indigenous languages of Zimbabwe. It looks at what the research team at ALRI has achieved, first in initiating serious rese... see more
Samukele Hadebe
Abstract: The first monolingual Ndebele dictionary, Isichazamazwi SesiNdebele, had a number of effects on Ndebele, some of which with implications for language planning. One such language planning activity was the standardization of Ndebele. The article f... see more
Langa Khumalo
Abstract: This article discusses the presentation of etymological information in the prospective Advanced Ndebele Dictionary (henceforth the AND) which is still in its planning stage. The AND will be a successor to Isichazamazwi SesiNdebele (henceforth th... see more
Peniah Mabaso
Abstract: The article outlines the contribution of ALRI towards the development of the minority languages in Zimbabwe, with special reference to Shangani. After a description of the status of Shangani, a brief summary of the Zimbabwean language use policy... see more
Esau Mangoya
Abstract: This article looks at diglossia in Shona dictionaries. Diglossia is seen here as the differential and preferential use of a language or a dialect in dictionaries. The main language spoken in Zimbabwe is Shona. Over a period of about one and a ha... see more
Jesta Masuku,Finex Ndhlovu
Abstract: The lexicographic work of the African Languages Research Institute (ALRI) has played a significant role in attempting to avoid some of the dilemmas associated with using African languages as media of instruction in the Zimbabwean education syste... see more
Nobuhle Moyo
Abstract: Isichazamazwi SesiNdebele (henceforth the ISN) reflect the moral and ideological values of society. This article analyses the ISN as reflector of the moral and ideological values of the Ndebele society. The ISN highlights fundamental beliefs an... see more
Nomalanga Mpofu
Abstract: The article discusses the user perspective and information retrieval in relation to the lemmatisation of specific multi-word lexical units, namely fixed expressions, in the Shona monolingual dictionary, Duramazwi Guru reChiShona. It shows that t... see more
Dion Nkomo
Abstract: In this article, a descriptive and critical analysis of the mediostructure of Isichazamazwi SesiNdebele, henceforth the ISN, is given. This analysis is made within the theoretical premises of the mediostructure and its functions. The aims of the... see more
S. Nyota,J. Mapara
Abstract: This article examines the impact of current lexicographical work in Zimbabwe on some sectors of Shona language use, namely education, media, medicine and local government. It looks specifically at Shona monolingual lexicographical projects compl... see more
Pumlani M. Sibula
Abstract: This article aims at giving a brief account of how the activities of the Unit for isiXhosa, one of the five units of the Stellenbosch University Language Centre, contributes to the development of integrated technical terminology lists for all de... see more
Henning Bergenholtz,Inger Bergenholtz
Abstract: A music dictionary for the Internet fulfils the same functions as printed music dictionaries. An earlier music dictionary is as useful as a new one if its information is correct. But the fact that an Internet dictionary can at any time be correc... see more
Juliane Klein
Abstract: The development of a dictionary culture consists of three main phases: (a) the information phase, (b) the learning phase and (c) the consolidation phase. The first step towards a new dictionary culture is to inform mother-tongue speakers of avai... see more
Munzhedzi James Mafela
Abstract: With the introduction of a new political dispensation in South Africa; bilingual dictionaries have become a necessary part of daily life. The main function of a bilingual dictionary is to provide one or more equivalents in the target language fo... see more
V.M. Mojela
Abstract: This article outlines the challenges relating to the lemmatization of the lexical items which are either polysemous or homonymous, as experienced during the compilation of the Sesotho sa Leboa–English Bilingual Dictionary. These problems can be ... see more
Andrzej Katny
Diese umfangreiche Monographie stellt die 2003 an der Philosophischen Fa-kultät der Göttinger Universität vorgelegte Habilschrift des Verfassers dar. Sie besteht aus zehn Kapiteln, Resümee, Literatur- und Quellenverzeichnis.Diese umfangreiche Monographie ... see more
Anton F. Prinsloo
Die Oxford Afrikaans–Engels/English–Afrikaans Skoolwoordeboek is as skoolwoor-deboek 'n puik hulpbron vir leerders. Dit is egter meer as net 'n woordeboek, soos wat 'n oorsig dadelik toon.
Anne McDermott
These two beautifully printed and presented volumes document a complete history of dictionaries of English cant and slang from 1567 to 1858. Coleman investigates the wealth of dictionaries and glossaries of cant and slang that are, as she puts it, 'far mo... see more
Andy Chebanne
Before an assessment of this dictionary is made, it is important to place the Khwe language in its historical and social context. Khwe dam (language of the Khwe), as its speakers would prefer to call it, is a Khoisan language belonging to the Southern Afr... see more
Rose Masubelele
1. Introduction: Comprehensiveness / Representativeness of the dictionary This is a significant and commendable contribution to the development of Zulu lexicography in general, and Zulu monolingual dictionaries in particular. There could not have been a b... see more
A.E. Cloete
As die jongste toevoeging tot Anton Prinsloo se bruikbare naslaanwerke oor Afrikaans wat terselfdertyd aangename leesstof is, vul Sleng 'n leemte in die boekstawing van die Afrikaanse omgangstaal. Soos met o.a. Feite, flaters, fiksie: 'n Opgaaf van die wa... see more
Gilles-Maurice de Schryver
Just as book reviews are written for a variety of reasons, the reviews them-selves serve various purposes. Chief among the latter is probably one's wish to know whether or not one should actually read the book under review. Let me therefore state upfront ... see more
Maria Smit
This study investigates the role of collocations in dictionary use, and the extent to which users' needs are taken into account in the process of dictionary writing. Steinbügl decided to concentrate on bilingual dictionaries, because this type of dictiona... see more
Liezl Potgieter
Kuberwoordeboek is 'n opgegradeerde weergawe van die Tweetalige Rekenaar-woordeboek van N. Coetzee, N.F. du Plooy en A.D. de V. Cluver wat in 1985, voor die vestiging van die internet, verskyn het. As 'n mens Kuberwoordeboek die eerste keer sien, is jy ve... see more
Kuberwoordeboek is 'n opgegradeerde weergawe van die Tweetalige Rekenaarwoordeboek van N. Coetzee, N.F. du Plooy en A.D. de V. Cluver wat in 1985, voor die vestiging van die internet, verskyn het. As 'n mens Kuberwoordeboek die eerste keer sien, is jy ver... see more
These are the first two volumes of a three-part international bibliography of German lexicography and dictionary research. The third part will appear in two separate volumes in the near future. This review therefore does not deal with the entire publicati... see more
Lexikos Lexikos
Publication announcements of dictionaries published in the previous year.
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