Compiling a Monolingual Dictionary for Native Speakers
<p>ABSTRACT: This article gives a survey of the main issues confronting the compilers of monolingual dictionaries in the age of the Internet. Among others, it discusses the relationship between a lexical database and a monolingual dictionary, the role of corpus evidence, historical pri...
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doaj-2ab04b70932b4e7ebbb567ea4d77f9b22020-11-25T00:46:28ZafrWoordeboek van die Afrikaanse Taal-WATLexikos1684-49042224-00392011-10-0120010.5788/20-0-157Compiling a Monolingual Dictionary for Native SpeakersPatrick Hanks<p>ABSTRACT: This article gives a survey of the main issues confronting the compilers of monolingual dictionaries in the age of the Internet. Among others, it discusses the relationship between a lexical database and a monolingual dictionary, the role of corpus evidence, historical principles in lexicography vs. synchronic principles, the instability of word meaning, the need for full vocabulary coverage, principles of definition writing, the role of dictionaries in society, and the need for dictionaries to give guidance on matters of disputed word usage. It concludes with some questions about the future of dictionary publishing.</p><p>OPSOMMING: Die samestelling van 'n eentalige woordeboek vir moedertaalsprekers. Hierdie artikel gee 'n oorsig van die hoofkwessies waarmee die samestellers van eentalige woordeboeke in die eeu van die Internet te kampe het. Dit bespreek onder andere die verhouding tussen 'n leksikale databasis en 'n eentalige woordeboek, die rol van korpusgetuienis, historiese beginsels vs sinchroniese beginsels in die leksikografie, die onstabiliteit van woordbetekenis, die noodsaak van 'n volledige woordeskatdekking, beginsels van die skryf van definisies, die rol van woordeboeke in die maatskappy, en die noodsaak vir woordeboeke om leiding te gee oor sake van betwiste woordgebruik. Dit sluit af met 'n aantal vrae oor die toekoms van die publikasie van woordeboeke.</p><p>Sleutelwoorde: EENTALIGE WOORDEBOEKE, LEKSIKALE DATABASIS, WOORDEBOEKSTRUKTUUR, WOORDBETEKENIS, BETEKENISVERANDERING, GEBRUIK, GEBRUIKSAANTEKENINGE, HISTORIESE BEGINSELS VAN DIE LEKSIKOGRAFIE, SINCHRONIESE BEGINSELS VAN DIE LEKSIKOGRAFIE, REGISTER, SLANG, STANDAARDENGELS, WOORDESKATDEKKING, KONSEKWENSIE VAN VERSAMELINGS, FRASEOLOGIE, SINTAGMATIESE PATRONE, PROBLEME VAN KOMPOSISIONALITEIT, LINGUISTIESE PRESKRIPTIVISME, LEKSIKALE GETUIENIS</p>http://lexikos.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/157MONOLINGUAL DICTIONARIESLEXICAL DATABASEDICTIONARY STRUCTUREWORD MEANINGMEANING CHANGEUSAGEUSAGE NOTESHISTORICAL PRINCIPLES OF LEXICOGRAPHYSYNCHRONIC PRINCIPLES OF LEXICOGRAPHYREGISTERSLANGSTANDARD ENGLISHVOCABULARY COVERAGE |
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Patrick Hanks Compiling a Monolingual Dictionary for Native Speakers Lexikos MONOLINGUAL DICTIONARIES LEXICAL DATABASE DICTIONARY STRUCTURE WORD MEANING MEANING CHANGE USAGE USAGE NOTES HISTORICAL PRINCIPLES OF LEXICOGRAPHY SYNCHRONIC PRINCIPLES OF LEXICOGRAPHY REGISTER SLANG STANDARD ENGLISH VOCABULARY COVERAGE |
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Compiling a Monolingual Dictionary for Native Speakers |
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Compiling a Monolingual Dictionary for Native Speakers |
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Compiling a Monolingual Dictionary for Native Speakers |
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Compiling a Monolingual Dictionary for Native Speakers |
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Compiling a Monolingual Dictionary for Native Speakers |
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compiling a monolingual dictionary for native speakers |
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Woordeboek van die Afrikaanse Taal-WAT |
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Lexikos |
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<p>ABSTRACT: This article gives a survey of the main issues confronting the compilers of monolingual dictionaries in the age of the Internet. Among others, it discusses the relationship between a lexical database and a monolingual dictionary, the role of corpus evidence, historical principles in lexicography vs. synchronic principles, the instability of word meaning, the need for full vocabulary coverage, principles of definition writing, the role of dictionaries in society, and the need for dictionaries to give guidance on matters of disputed word usage. It concludes with some questions about the future of dictionary publishing.</p><p>OPSOMMING: Die samestelling van 'n eentalige woordeboek vir moedertaalsprekers. Hierdie artikel gee 'n oorsig van die hoofkwessies waarmee die samestellers van eentalige woordeboeke in die eeu van die Internet te kampe het. Dit bespreek onder andere die verhouding tussen 'n leksikale databasis en 'n eentalige woordeboek, die rol van korpusgetuienis, historiese beginsels vs sinchroniese beginsels in die leksikografie, die onstabiliteit van woordbetekenis, die noodsaak van 'n volledige woordeskatdekking, beginsels van die skryf van definisies, die rol van woordeboeke in die maatskappy, en die noodsaak vir woordeboeke om leiding te gee oor sake van betwiste woordgebruik. Dit sluit af met 'n aantal vrae oor die toekoms van die publikasie van woordeboeke.</p><p>Sleutelwoorde: EENTALIGE WOORDEBOEKE, LEKSIKALE DATABASIS, WOORDEBOEKSTRUKTUUR, WOORDBETEKENIS, BETEKENISVERANDERING, GEBRUIK, GEBRUIKSAANTEKENINGE, HISTORIESE BEGINSELS VAN DIE LEKSIKOGRAFIE, SINCHRONIESE BEGINSELS VAN DIE LEKSIKOGRAFIE, REGISTER, SLANG, STANDAARDENGELS, WOORDESKATDEKKING, KONSEKWENSIE VAN VERSAMELINGS, FRASEOLOGIE, SINTAGMATIESE PATRONE, PROBLEME VAN KOMPOSISIONALITEIT, LINGUISTIESE PRESKRIPTIVISME, LEKSIKALE GETUIENIS</p> |
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MONOLINGUAL DICTIONARIES LEXICAL DATABASE DICTIONARY STRUCTURE WORD MEANING MEANING CHANGE USAGE USAGE NOTES HISTORICAL PRINCIPLES OF LEXICOGRAPHY SYNCHRONIC PRINCIPLES OF LEXICOGRAPHY REGISTER SLANG STANDARD ENGLISH VOCABULARY COVERAGE |
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