How Great is thy Dictionary? Cross-referencing as a Lexicographic Device in The Greater Dictionary of (isi)Xhosa

IF 0.9 2区文学 0 LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS

Lexikos Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI:10.5788/32-3-1736

D. Nkomo, Bulelwa Nosilela, Wanga Gambushe

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Abstract

Inspired by Willem Botha's reflections on the compilation of the multi-volume Woordeboek van die Afrikaanse Taal (WAT) in Botha (1994; 2005), this study offers a critical evaluation of cross-referencing in The Greater Dictionary of (isi)Xhosa, henceforth the GDX. The GDX is a tri-volume dictionary, possibly the biggest dictionary, not only in isiXhosa, but in African languages. The evaluation of the dictionary is guided by the notion of cross-reference conditions or cross-reference prerequisites to identify cross-references used in the GDX, analyse the relations revealed by cross-referencing and the effectiveness of the entire mediostructural organisation of the dictionary. The article notes that cross-referencing in the GDX seems to be guided by a generally well-conceived set of guidelines which were largely followed meticulously. Consistency generally prevails in the treatment of similar lexical items and even across the different volumes of the dictionary. Some cross-referencing aspects that could be improved were identified. However, it was noted that most of them would be easily addressed in the prospective digitisation project of the GDX. Keywords: cross-reference, cross-referencing, cross-reference conditions, cross-reference prerequisites, data distribution structure, dictionary structure, isiXhosa lexicography, mediostructure

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你的字典有多好?《科萨语大词典》中作为词典编纂手段的交叉引用

灵感来自威廉·博塔对汇编多卷本《南非荷兰语手册》(WAT)的反思(1994年);2005年)，这项研究提供了一个关键的评估交叉引用(isi)科萨语大词典，从此GDX。GDX是一本三卷本的字典，可能是最大的字典，不仅包括伊西科萨语，而且包括非洲语言。词典的评估以交叉引用条件或交叉引用先决条件的概念为指导，以确定GDX中使用的交叉引用，分析交叉引用所揭示的关系以及字典整个中介结构组织的有效性。文章指出，GDX中的交叉引用似乎是由一套总体上构思良好的指导方针指导的，这些指导方针在很大程度上是精心遵循的。一致性通常在处理相似的词汇项时盛行，甚至在字典的不同卷中也是如此。确定了一些可以改进的交叉引用方面。然而，有人指出，其中大多数问题将很容易在GDX的未来数字化项目中得到解决。关键词:交叉引用，交叉引用，交叉引用条件，交叉引用前提，数据分布结构，字典结构，isiXhosa词典编纂，媒介结构

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Lexikos Multiple-

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1.00

自引率

25.00%

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审稿时长

7 weeks

期刊介绍： Lexikos (Greek for "of or for words") is a journal for the lexicographical specialist. It is the only journal in Africa which is exclusively devoted to lexicography. Articles dealing with all aspects of lexicography and terminology or the implications that research in related disciplines such as linguistics, computer and information science, etc. has for lexicography will be considered for publication. Articles may be written in Afrikaans, English, Dutch, German and French.