Firming Up the Foundations: Reflections on Verifying the Quotations in a Historical Dictionary, with Reference to A Dictionary of South African English on Historical Principles

Firming Up the Foundations: Reflections on Verifying the Quotations in a Historical Dictionary, with Reference to A Dictionary of South African English on Historical Principles

<p>ABSTRACT: A Dictionary of South African English on Historical Principles (DSAEHist) is rooted in quotation evidence. It contains just over 8 000 South African English entries, with about 45 000 citations to support those words included as headwords in the dictionary. Using the legac...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sheila Hicks
Format: Article
Language:Afrikaans
Published: Woordeboek van die Afrikaanse Taal-WAT 2011-10-01
Series:Lexikos
Subjects:
DICTIONARY
SOUTH AFRICAN ENGLISH
HISTORICAL PRINCIPLES
VERIFICATION
QUOTATION
CITATION
ACCURACY
Online Access:http://lexikos.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/142

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http://lexikos.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/142

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