The Effects of Shona Language Change on Monolingual Lexicography: The Need for a Revised Alphabet

The Effects of Shona Language Change on Monolingual Lexicography: The Need for a Revised Alphabet

<p>ABSTRACT: In this article, the phenomenon of Shona language change, its effects on lexicography and the need for a revised alphabet are discussed. Because of the defective Shona alphabet, lexicographers at the African Languages Research Institute (ALRI) encountered problems in handl...

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Main Authors: William Zivenge, Gift Mheta, Maxwell Kadenge
Format: Article
Language:Afrikaans
Published: Woordeboek van die Afrikaanse Taal-WAT 2011-10-01
Series:Lexikos
Subjects:
LANGUAGE CHANGE
ALLEX
LEXICON
SEGMENT
SUPRASEGMENT
ALPHABET
LEXICOGRAPHY
ASSIMILATION
BORROWING
ADOPTION
ARTICULATION
SOUNDS
Online Access:http://lexikos.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/164

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