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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Main Author: D.J. Prinsloo
Format: Article
Language:Afrikaans
Published: Woordeboek van die Afrikaanse Taal-WAT 2016-11-01
Series:Lexikos
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Online Access:https://lexikos.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/1351
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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
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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
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