Introducing a New Lexicographical Model: AlphaConceptual+ (and How it Could Be Applied to Dictionaries for Luganda)
In this article we explore the possibility of amalgamating the semasiological (i.e. alphabetical), onomasiological (i.e. conceptual) and visual approaches to dictionary compilation, here termed an alphaconceptual+ (i.e. alphaconceptual 'plus') dictionary, using Luganda as a brief case stu...
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| description | In this article we explore the possibility of amalgamating the semasiological (i.e. alphabetical), onomasiological (i.e. conceptual) and visual approaches to dictionary compilation, here termed an alphaconceptual+ (i.e. alphaconceptual 'plus') dictionary, using Luganda as a brief case study. Such a dictionary would combine the strong points of alphabetical and conceptual lexicography, with all entries also linked to relevant picture plates. In Section 1 we expound on the history of Luganda lexicography, highlighting the different types of dictionaries in the language since the early 1900s. Section 2 is an exposition of semasiological and onomasiological lexicography. In Sections 3 and 4 we study the actual dictionary market and scholarly lexicographic literature, in Africa and the rest of the world respectively. In Section 5 a case for language-independent alphaconceptual+ lexicography is argued, and its proposed compilation approach is sketched out in Section 6, followed by the conclusion in Section 7. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d1e1bfe791974dd7ac714ce5a9e00b022022-12-21T21:33:15ZafrWoordeboek van die Afrikaanse Taal-WATLexikos1684-49042224-00392013-12-012317220010.5788/23-1-1210Introducing a New Lexicographical Model: AlphaConceptual+ (and How it Could Be Applied to Dictionaries for Luganda)Deo Kawalya0Gilles-Maurice de Schryver1Makerere UniversityUniversity of PretoriaIn this article we explore the possibility of amalgamating the semasiological (i.e. alphabetical), onomasiological (i.e. conceptual) and visual approaches to dictionary compilation, here termed an alphaconceptual+ (i.e. alphaconceptual 'plus') dictionary, using Luganda as a brief case study. Such a dictionary would combine the strong points of alphabetical and conceptual lexicography, with all entries also linked to relevant picture plates. In Section 1 we expound on the history of Luganda lexicography, highlighting the different types of dictionaries in the language since the early 1900s. Section 2 is an exposition of semasiological and onomasiological lexicography. In Sections 3 and 4 we study the actual dictionary market and scholarly lexicographic literature, in Africa and the rest of the world respectively. In Section 5 a case for language-independent alphaconceptual+ lexicography is argued, and its proposed compilation approach is sketched out in Section 6, followed by the conclusion in Section 7.https://lexikos.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/1210semasiological lexicographyonomasiological lexicographythesaurusthematic dictionarytopic dictionarysynonym dictionarypicture dictionaryvisual dictionarynew lexicographical modelalphaconceptualluganda |
| spellingShingle | Deo Kawalya Gilles-Maurice de Schryver Introducing a New Lexicographical Model: AlphaConceptual+ (and How it Could Be Applied to Dictionaries for Luganda) Lexikos semasiological lexicography onomasiological lexicography thesaurus thematic dictionary topic dictionary synonym dictionary picture dictionary visual dictionary new lexicographical model alphaconceptual luganda |
| title | Introducing a New Lexicographical Model: AlphaConceptual+ (and How it Could Be Applied to Dictionaries for Luganda) |
| title_full | Introducing a New Lexicographical Model: AlphaConceptual+ (and How it Could Be Applied to Dictionaries for Luganda) |
| title_fullStr | Introducing a New Lexicographical Model: AlphaConceptual+ (and How it Could Be Applied to Dictionaries for Luganda) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Introducing a New Lexicographical Model: AlphaConceptual+ (and How it Could Be Applied to Dictionaries for Luganda) |
| title_short | Introducing a New Lexicographical Model: AlphaConceptual+ (and How it Could Be Applied to Dictionaries for Luganda) |
| title_sort | introducing a new lexicographical model alphaconceptual and how it could be applied to dictionaries for luganda |
| topic | semasiological lexicography onomasiological lexicography thesaurus thematic dictionary topic dictionary synonym dictionary picture dictionary visual dictionary new lexicographical model alphaconceptual luganda |
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