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Lexikos  

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Number Vol5 Year 1995

20 articles in this issue 

Pieter Harteveld

Foreword by the editor of Lexikos 5

 

Pieter Harteveld

<b>The Influence of Computerization on Lexicographical Terminology</b>Where new technological developments like the computer and new scientific disciplines like computer science penetrate existing fields of study, they influence them terminolo... see more

 

Buyiswa M. Mini

Working on the lexicography of isiXhosa has led to the interesting experience of discovering that the description of the lexicon of isiXhosa poses innumerable challenges of both a semantic and a non-semantic nature. The problems encountered, some of which... see more

 

Dirk Noël,Bart Defrancq,Filip Devos

This article investigates the extent to which four representatives of the latest generation of English-French / French-English dictionaries present "real English", i.e. actually used meanings of actually used English word patterns. The findings of a corpu... see more

 

E.B. van Wyk

Two lexical traditions exist in the African languages of South Africa. According to the word tradition, lemmas are based on complete written words, and there is a one-to-one correspondence between written words and lemmas. According to the stem tradition,... see more

 

W.F. Botha

<b>A New Approach to the Treatment of Racist Lexical Items</b>Views on the treatment of racist lexical items are marked by the two extreme viewpoints of exclusion and inclusion with exhaustive treatment. Exclusion may be judged by posterity as... see more

 

Adelia Carstens

The main objective of language teaching is to improve language proficiency with regard to reading, writing, speaking and listening. The dictionary is one of the aids that can be used to attain this goal. There are however a number of stumbling blocks in t... see more

 

J.G. Kruyt

Since the early eighties, computer technology has become increasingly relevant to lexicography. Computer science will probably not be the only technological discipline which may have implications for future computerized lexicography. Some developments in ... see more

 

Adelia Carstens

<b>A Critical Review of <i>HAT</i>3</b><i>HAT</i> can be viewed as one of the most widely used and most authoritative desk dictionaries of Afrikaans. On the basis of this status and authority it can duly be expected tha... see more

 

I.J. Grové

The <i>Afrikaanse Verklarende Musiekwoordeboek</i><b>Die <i>Afrikaanse Verklarende Musiekwoordeboek</i></b> The <i>Afrikaanse Verklarende Musiekwoordeboek</i> (1994) targets a gap in the literature available... see more

 

Piet Swanepoel

<b>An Exegesis of a Lexicographic Method: The <i>Woordeboek van die Afrikaanse Taal</i> (<i>WAT</i>) and the Problem of Encyclopedicity in Monolingual Linguistic Dictionaries</b>The <i>WAT</i> has often been... see more

 

H.J. Lubbe

Review of <b>R.P. Botha, G. Kroes en C.H. Winckler.</b> <i>Afrikaanse Idiome en ander Vaste Uitdrukkings</i>

 

Karsten Legère

Review of <b>J.K. Kloppers, D. Nakare and L.M. Isala (Compilers), A.W. Bredell (Editor).</b> <i>Bukenkango Rukwangali-English. English-Rukwangali Dictionary.</i>

 

A.N. Otto

This, the <i>Basiswoordeboek van Afrikaans</i> (<i>BA</i>), is the first appearance of an Afrikaans learner's dictionary in South Africa. It is aimed especially at learners who are attempting to master Afrikaans as a second, third ... see more

 

Pieter Harteveld,A.E. van Niekerk

Outline of the policy for the treatment of insulting and sensitive lexical items in the <i>Woordeboek van die Afrikaanse Taal</i>: Common to all sensitive lexical items ---   all simplexes, compounds and expressions are lemmatized --... see more

 

D.J. van Schalkwyk

The following questions are addressed in this paper: (a)   What should the nature of the pre-training of the prospective lexicographer be in order to give him or her the necessary basis to be successfully trained as a practising lexicographer? (... see more

 

Milde Jordaan-Weiss

The new dispensation in South Africa necessitated a paradigm shift at the National Terminology Services (NTS). Being part of the Central Government, the NTS has to implement policy as laid down by the government of the day. Former policy, processes and pr... see more