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Author : R. R. K. Hartmann
Publisher :
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 21,64 MB
Release : 1990
Category : History
ISBN :

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Lexicography in Africa is a new book in the invaluable series Exeter Linguistic Studies and one of three volumes dedicated to lexicography to mark the fifth anniversary of the Dictionary Research Centre in the University of Exeter. It is the first attempt to fill a niche in our knowledge of lexicography on this continent. It does not pretend to be a complete survey of lexicography in Africa but a tentative one which conveys the most important trends in the field and a wealth of exemplary material. It investigates the lexicographic situation in different parts of Africa (Central Africa paper 3; Northern Africa paper 4 and Southern Africa paper 6) and the linguistic and historical background (paper 1 and 2). It also concerns itself with the user of the dictionary and his needs, types of dictionaries available and the hopes pinned on computer technology.

Author : R. H. Gouws
Publisher : AFRICAN SUN MeDIA
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 34,53 MB
Release : 2010-10-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1919980903

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Principles and Practice of South African Lexicography is directed at experts in the field of practical and theoretical lexicography in South Africa, applying the general theory of lexicography to the South African lexicographic environment. The authors of this book are leaders in the field of South African lexicography and active participants in the international lexicographic arena, publishing regularly in national and international journals and giving papers at international conferences and workshops.

Author : Steve Ndinga-Koumba-Binza
Publisher : AFRICAN SUN MeDIA
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 48,79 MB
Release : 2012-10-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1920338799

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This book provides a broad overview of current work on South African languages, language resources and language technologies. While it provides a fairly comprehensive overview, it also ties together the most recent knowledge state here, and is therefore truly innovative ? The book is therefore informed by current international trends in the respective fields of science, and feeds back into them ? There is absolutely no doubt that the book has an academic peer audience and is directed at specialists in the field. - Prof. Axel Fleisch, University of Helsinki, Finland

Author : Sergio Baldi
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 371 pages
File Size : 45,46 MB
Release : 2023-10-16
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9004680780

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The main purpose of this dictionary is twofold. On the one hand, it provides the scholar of African studies with a tool to identify the possible Portuguese origin of terms present in African languages and, on the other, it offers those who are interested in Portuguese culture an overview of the presence of its lexicon in African languages. No doubt the Portuguese were among the first Europeans to explore the world outside of Europe, and as such they were also the first to introduce that world to European concepts and words.This book is the result of a long and detailed work on texts in African languages, as also shown by the rich bibliography in the dictionary.

Author : Dion Nkomo
Publisher : LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 30,13 MB
Release : 2011-06
Category : Ndebele language (Zimbabwe)
ISBN : 9783844310160

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This monograph discusses pertinent issues which should considered in the production of specialiseddictionaries in African languages. Special reference is made to a prospective Ndebele Linguistic and Literary Terms Dictionary. The issues discussed include lexicographic planning, data collection, data processing, lemma selection, the provision of data categories and the utilisation of dictionary structures.The monograph demonstrates and emphasises the need for theoretical guidance in all lexicographic tasks.

Author : Vivian De Klerk
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 44,46 MB
Release : 1996-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9027248737

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This volume brings together a range of studies on various aspects of English and its use in Southern Africa. Experts in their field have written chapters on topics including the history and development of English in South Africa, the characteristics of particular pan-ethnic varieties of English which have evolved in South Africa (including black, Indian and colored varieties) as well as the unique features of the English of South Africa's southern neighbours: Swaziland, Zimbabwe, Zambia and Malawi. Other contributions focus on English in relation to issues such as standardisation, lexicography, education, language planning, language attitudes and interaction patterns. The book will be of primary interest to students of linguistics and language, but should also be relevant to educationists, sociologists and historians.

Author : Eric A. Anchimbe
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 381 pages
File Size : 13,99 MB
Release : 2011-10-27
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 3110260697

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This volume investigates sociolinguistic discourses, identity choices and their representations in postcolonial national and social life, and traces them to the impact of colonial contact. The chapters stitch together current voices and identities emerging within both ex-colonized and ex-colonizer communities as each copes with the social, lingual, cultural, and religious mixes triggered by colonialism. These mixes, reflected in the five thematic parts of the book - 'postcolonial identities', 'nationhood discourses', 'translating the postcolonial', 'living the postcolonial', and 'colonizing the colonizer' - call for deeper investigations of postcolonial communities using emic approaches.