18 articles in this issue
P. Harteveld
Foreword by the editor of Lexikos
Mariëtta Alberts
<b>Needs Assessment in Lexicography</b>The value of dictionaries lies in their contribution towards eliminating obstacles in communication. It is of great importance to undertake studies to assess the needs of dictionary users in order to comp... see more
W.F. Botha
<b>Word Group and Complex: The Lexicographer, the Spelling Rules and the Language Reality</b> In the lexicon of Afrikaans there are lexical items that can occur as a word group and as a complex without a difference in meaning, e.g. <i>ro... see more
Achmat Davids
It is a relatively well known fact that Cape Muslim Afrikaans has its own distinctive pronunciations which at times differ sharply with that of Standard Afrikaans. What is not so well known, is that apart from its core vocabulary, which is derived from Du... see more
A. Delbridge
This paper describes the current setting for lexicography in Australia by reviewing the place of English since the first British settlement began, in 1788. The emergence of Australian English as the national language is traced, and its relations with the ... see more
A.E. Feinauer
<b>Defining in a Learner's Dictionary</b>Because a learner's dictionary (in this case <i>Basiswoordeboek vir Afrikaans</i>) is directed at the foreign language user it stands to reason that the definitions therein will differ to a ... see more
David L. Gold
Having reviewed the first and third editions of <i>A Dictionary of South African English</i> in earlier publications, the author examines the fourth edition. He suggests a number of improvements with respect to several aspects of the dictionar... see more
Ernst F. Kotzé
Lexicographers compiling translating dictionaries are not exclusively concerned with semantic equivalence when selecting translating equivalents for lemmata, but often include also grammatical information in illustrative examples when the lexical item to ... see more
F.J. Lombard
<b>Usage Examples in Dictionaries</b>Usage examples can include citations, verbal illustrations and / or collocations and should contribute semantically, syntactically and pragmatically towards the way lemmas are presented in a given descripti... see more
P.T. Mtuze
The article critically surveys the development of dictionary making among the Xhosa of Southern Africa. Besides being an analytical commentary on the earlier Xhosa dictionaries, it is also an overdue objective evaluation of <i>The Greater Dictionary... see more
D.J. Prinsloo
The aim of this article is to evaluate current strategies in the lemmatization of reflexives in Northern Sotho. In particular the so-called "traditional" approach according to which reflexives are lemmatized randomly, as well as the more "rule orientated"... see more
C.J. Scheffer
A South African national committee of ISO's Technical Committee 37 was established during 1990. This national committee is the link between South African bodies who develop and standardise terminologies and ISO committees who standardise terminologies wit... see more
P.H. Swanepoel
<b>In Search of an Adequate Linguistic Theory for Lexicographical Theory and Praxis --- Cognitive Grammar as a Possible Alternative</b>Various researchers have suggested, and occasionally demonstrated, that cognitive grammar offers a more viab... see more
Y. Tono
This paper emphasizes the importance of empirical research on dictionary users and, in particular, investigates the effect of the so-called "menu" (a list of definitions at the beginning of a polysemous article) on the EFL (English as a Foreign Language) ... see more
A.E. van Niekerk
<b>Collocations: A Lexicographical Perspective</b>It is the responsibility of the lexicographer to give an account of collocations in a monolingual explanatory dictionary. Collocations are unpredictable conventionalized sintagmatic combination... see more
D.J. van Schalkwyk,M.T. Mey
Resulting from financial pressure and the desire to accelerate the completion of lexicographical projects, planning and management aspects are receiving increasing attention by lexicographical institutions. However, these important matters are not adequat... see more
Mohamed H. Heliel
Review of <b>R.R.K. Hartmann (Ed.).</b> <i>Lexicography in Africa.</i>
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