Lexikos  

Heidi Agerbo

There is a problematic treatment of field specific words in both general language dictionaries as well as specialised dictionaries, which in this paper is exemplified using the sports and fitness subject fields as the point of departure and focusing on me... see more

Safi Eldeen Alzi'abi

In its abbreviated form, 'etc.' is a lexicographic device that dates back to the early 15th century. It is used on a large scale in monolingual dictionaries for native speakers and EFL learners to serve a wide range of linguistic patterns. Unfortunately, ... see more

Henning Bergenholtz,Rufus H. Gouws

Wiegand (1984) introduced dictionary criticism as a formal component of a general theory of lexicography. Since then many scholars have focused on various aspects of dictionary criticism. In this article a distinction is made between two major types of di... see more

André Du Plessis,Tim Van Niekerk

A collaboration between the Dictionary Unit for South African English (DSAE) and Stellenbosch University (SU) was initiated in 2016 to address the structure, layout and functionality of the online Dictionary of South African English on Historical Principl... see more

Rufus H. Gouws

Towards a Comprehensive Dictionary Culture in the Digital Era.Following a brief introduction this paper offers a discussion of certain aspects of the development of theoretical lexicography. Specific attention is drawn to among others different phases in ... see more

Ana Halas

The aim of this paper is to point to fundamental implications of the prototype theory for lexicographic practice using them as a solid foundation for developing and proposing a model for systematic, consistent, precise and, above all, reliable treatment o... see more

I.M. Kosch

The purpose of this article is to make a quantitative and qualitative assessment of the lexicographic treatment and listing of proverbs in the Wörterbuch der Sotho-Sprache (Endemann 1911) in comparison to selected Northern Sotho dictionaries. In order to ... see more

Blanche Nyangone Assam,Hugues Steve Ndinga-Koumba-Binza,Virginie Ompoussa

This paper is a response to Mavoungou (2013a) who has pleaded for the production of a dictionary of Gabonese French as variant B of the French language. The paper intends to comprehend the concept of "Gabonese French". It gives an outline of the situation... see more

Gerda Odendaal

The Role of Stellenbosch University's Department of Afrikaans and Dutch in the Development of Afrikaans Lexicography: Development under Dutch Influence.This article investigates the role of Stellenbosch University's Department of Afrikaans and Dutch in th... see more

D.J. Prinsloo

This article evaluates the lexicographic value of multilingual dictionaries. Dictionaries covering three or more languages spoken in South Africa are taken as a case in point. An attempt will be made to reflect on their merits and shortcomings as referenc... see more

Simona Štavbar

Problems related to the Slovenian lexicographical terminology.The article discusses Slovenian terminology in the field of lexicography as well as terminological problems related to the lexicographical discipline in Slovenia. The terminology of this discip... see more

Sven Tarp,Pedro A. Fuertes-Olivera

This paper initially discusses some of the consequences which the technological development has for lexicography, especially in terms of the different types of empirical basis which can be used in dictionary projects. The most important advantages and dis... see more

Alenka Vrbinc,Marjeta Vrbinc

The article discusses the principles underlying the inclusion of illustrative examples in a decoding English–Slovene dictionary. The inclusion of examples in decoding bilingual dictionaries can be justified by taking into account the semantic and grammati... see more

Herbert Ernst Wiegand

On the Construction of a Hierarchical Comprehensive Text Compound Structure. A Contribution to the Theory of Dictionary Structures.After a brief critical look at research on comprehensive text compound structures in the period 1988 to 2016 an excerpt of a... see more

Sacha Wolfer,Carolin Müller-Spitzer

Wiktionary is increasingly gaining influence in a wide variety of linguistic fields such as NLP and lexicography, and has great potential to become a serious competitor for publisher-based and academic dictionaries. However, little is known about the "cro... see more

Di Zou

This research examines dictionary-induced vocabulary learning and inferencing in the context of reading. One hundred and four intermediate English learners completed one of two word-focused tasks: reading comprehension and dictionary consultation, and rea... see more

Defa Ren

After comparing English monolingual and bilingual learner's dictionaries, the author discusses the Longman English–Japanese Dictionary (LEJD), compiled on the basis of three large-scale corpora. It impresses especially by its user-friendliness, seventeen ... see more

Beata Wójtowicz

As far as traditionally published Swahili language dictionaries are concerned, throughout the long history of Swahili lexicography, most new dictionaries were based on their predecessors. Thus far the only innovative traditionally printed corpus-based dic... see more

Lixin Xia,Yun Xia,Yihua Zhang,Hilary Nesi

The localization of the English language in China has brought about a distinctive English variety which has come to be known as China English. Recently, several corpora of China English have been or are being built; these will help us to identify the esta... see more

J.C.M.D. Du Plessis

Review of Peter Gilliver. The Making of the Oxford English Dictionary.

Maria Smit

Review of Oskar Reichmann. Historische Lexikographie. Ideen, Verwirklichungen, Reflexionen an Beispielen des Deutschen, Niederländischen und Englischen.

Tanja Harteveld

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