Borrowing and Dictionary Compilation: The Case of the Indigenous South African Languages
<p>ABSTRACT: Borrowing occurs when a language adds a word from another language to its own lexicon. Languages in neighbouring regions often borrow from each other. In South Africa, there are over nine indigenous languages, in addition to Afrikaans and English, all of which coexist. In...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | Afrikaans |
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Woordeboek van die Afrikaanse Taal-WAT
2011-10-01
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| Series: | Lexikos |
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| Online Access: | http://lexikos.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/162 |