Abbreviations and Acronyms: The Case of Tlhalosi ya Medi ya Setswana

This paper looks at how abbreviations and acronyms are treated in African language dictionaries in general compared to selected mainstream English dictionaries. Specifically, the study looks at their treatment in T.J. Otlogetswe's (2012) Tlhalosi ya Medi ya Setswana dictionary. Altogether, a su...

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Published in:	Lexikos
Main Author:	Joyce T. Mathangwane
Format:	Article
Language:	Afrikaans
Published:	Woordeboek van die Afrikaanse Taal-WAT 2015-11-01
Subjects:	abbreviations acronyms african languages dictionary french acronyms lemmas lexicographers monolingual pronunciation semantic properties stress tone
Online Access:	https://lexikos.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/1297