The Treatment of Encyclopedic Information in Duramazwi reMimhanzi

Abstract: This article presents the problems and challenges of dealing with encyclopedic information in Shona lexicography. According to Zgusta (1971: 198), encyclopedic dictionaries are primarily concerned with the denotata of the lexical units. They give information about the extra-linguistic worl...

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Main Author: Gift Mheta
Format: Article
Language:Afrikaans
Published: Woordeboek van die Afrikaanse Taal-WAT 2011-10-01
Series:Lexikos
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Online Access:http://lexikos.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/186