The Role of Dictionaries in the Documentation and Codification of African Languages: The Case of Khoisan

The Role of Dictionaries in the Documentation and Codification of African Languages: The Case of Khoisan

<p>ABSTRACT: Khoisan speech communities are found in Southern Africa, with Botswana having the greatest ethnic and linguistic diversity. Living in small communities, the Khoisan have always found themselves in a situation of being ethnic and linguistic minorities that are socially marg...

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Main Author: Andy Chebanne
Format: Article
Language:Afrikaans
Published: Woordeboek van die Afrikaanse Taal-WAT 2011-10-01
Series:Lexikos
Subjects:
KHOISAN LANGUAGES
UNDERRESEARCHED LANGUAGES
LANGUAGE DOCUMENTATION AND CODIFICATION
DICTIONARY
LEXICOGRAPHICAL WORKS
LEMMATIZATION PROCEDURES
LINGUISTIC AND INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE
LANGUAGE PRESERVATION AND PROMOTION
BOTSWANA
Online Access:http://lexikos.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/134

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