A Critical Analysis of Multilingual Dictionaries
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 reference works and learning tools but the focus will...
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description | 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 reference works and learning tools but the focus will be on presumed shortcomings in the macro and micro structures of such dictionaries with special attention to the lemmatisation of common words, quality of the dictionary articles and consistency in presentation. |
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spelling | doaj.art-d92e94594bda432881f2341342bde9012022-12-22T03:25:16ZafrWoordeboek van die Afrikaanse Taal-WATLexikos1684-49042224-00392016-11-012622024010.5788/26-1-1351A Critical Analysis of Multilingual DictionariesD.J. Prinsloo0University of PretoriaThis 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 reference works and learning tools but the focus will be on presumed shortcomings in the macro and micro structures of such dictionaries with special attention to the lemmatisation of common words, quality of the dictionary articles and consistency in presentation.https://lexikos.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/1351multilingual dictionariesmacro structuremicro structureafrican languagesthematic orderingalphabetic ordering |
spellingShingle | D.J. Prinsloo A Critical Analysis of Multilingual Dictionaries Lexikos multilingual dictionaries macro structure micro structure african languages thematic ordering alphabetic ordering |
title | A Critical Analysis of Multilingual Dictionaries |
title_full | A Critical Analysis of Multilingual Dictionaries |
title_fullStr | A Critical Analysis of Multilingual Dictionaries |
title_full_unstemmed | A Critical Analysis of Multilingual Dictionaries |
title_short | A Critical Analysis of Multilingual Dictionaries |
title_sort | critical analysis of multilingual dictionaries |
topic | multilingual dictionaries macro structure micro structure african languages thematic ordering alphabetic ordering |
url | https://lexikos.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/1351 |
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