To Call or Not to Call a Spade a Spade: The Dilemma of Treating 'Offensive' Terms in Duramazwi Guru reChiShona

<p>ABSTRACT: As noted by Béjoint (2000: 6), the main objective in dictionary-making is to define words and terms. This is especially the case if the fact is accepted that dictionaries are mostly con-sulted for word meaning and that, in the consultation process, the user hopes to acquir...

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Main Authors: Emmanuel Chabata, Webster M. Mavhu
Format: Article
Language:Afrikaans
Published: Woordeboek van die Afrikaanse Taal-WAT 2011-10-01
Series:Lexikos
Online Access:http://lexikos.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/16