Challenges of Predictability and Consistency in the First Comprehensive Sotho Dictionary

Predictability and consistency are requirements that should run like a golden thread through the macro-, medio- as well as the microstructure of dictionary articles. Adherence to these requirements is one of the marks of a user-friendly reference work that will allow for easy access and trouble-free...

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Autor principal:	Inge Kosch
Formato:	article
Lenguaje:	AF DE EN FR NL
Publicado:	Woordeboek van die Afrikaanse Taal-WAT 2012
Materias:	predictability consistency comprehensive dictionary sotho languages dictionary user lemmatization strategy cross references alphabetization word lemmatization stem lemmatization data categories Philology. Linguistics P1-1091 Languages and literature of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania PL1-8844 Germanic languages. Scandinavian languages PD1-7159
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:2904a1d726584a29b3f553e0ad4474a92021-12-03T06:55:23ZChallenges of Predictability and Consistency in the First Comprehensive Sotho Dictionary10.5788/22-1-10051684-49042224-0039https://doaj.org/article/2904a1d726584a29b3f553e0ad4474a92012-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://lexikos.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/1005https://doaj.org/toc/1684-4904https://doaj.org/toc/2224-0039Predictability and consistency are requirements that should run like a golden thread through the macro-, medio- as well as the microstructure of dictionary articles. Adherence to these requirements is one of the marks of a user-friendly reference work that will allow for easy access and trouble-free retrieval of required information. This article aims to investigate some features of Endemann's (1911) Wörterbuch der Sotho-Sprache (Dictionary of the Sotho language) with the focus on challenges of predictability and consistency in the lemmatization approach, the access alphabet, cross references and article treatments. The dictionary has hitherto remained at the outskirts of scholarly investigation, one of the reasons being the fact that the target language is German and that, as such, it is not readily accessible to every scholar of the Bantu languages. A further reason is that it is aimed at subject specialists rather than the general public and places a high demand on the lexicographic skill of the user. Some interesting insights can be gained from this example of an early attempt at dictionary compilation and its shortcomings can serve as a springboard for continual improvement of access routes and user-friendliness of dictionaries in the Sotho languages.Inge KoschWoordeboek van die Afrikaanse Taal-WATarticlepredictabilityconsistencycomprehensive dictionarysotho languagesdictionary userlemmatization strategycross referencesalphabetizationword lemmatizationstem lemmatizationdata categoriesPhilology. LinguisticsP1-1091Languages and literature of Eastern Asia, Africa, OceaniaPL1-8844Germanic languages. Scandinavian languagesPD1-7159AFDEENFRNLLexikos, Vol 22, Pp 226-242 (2012)
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topic	predictability consistency comprehensive dictionary sotho languages dictionary user lemmatization strategy cross references alphabetization word lemmatization stem lemmatization data categories Philology. Linguistics P1-1091 Languages and literature of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania PL1-8844 Germanic languages. Scandinavian languages PD1-7159
spellingShingle	predictability consistency comprehensive dictionary sotho languages dictionary user lemmatization strategy cross references alphabetization word lemmatization stem lemmatization data categories Philology. Linguistics P1-1091 Languages and literature of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania PL1-8844 Germanic languages. Scandinavian languages PD1-7159 Inge Kosch Challenges of Predictability and Consistency in the First Comprehensive Sotho Dictionary
description	Predictability and consistency are requirements that should run like a golden thread through the macro-, medio- as well as the microstructure of dictionary articles. Adherence to these requirements is one of the marks of a user-friendly reference work that will allow for easy access and trouble-free retrieval of required information. This article aims to investigate some features of Endemann's (1911) Wörterbuch der Sotho-Sprache (Dictionary of the Sotho language) with the focus on challenges of predictability and consistency in the lemmatization approach, the access alphabet, cross references and article treatments. The dictionary has hitherto remained at the outskirts of scholarly investigation, one of the reasons being the fact that the target language is German and that, as such, it is not readily accessible to every scholar of the Bantu languages. A further reason is that it is aimed at subject specialists rather than the general public and places a high demand on the lexicographic skill of the user. Some interesting insights can be gained from this example of an early attempt at dictionary compilation and its shortcomings can serve as a springboard for continual improvement of access routes and user-friendliness of dictionaries in the Sotho languages.
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title	Challenges of Predictability and Consistency in the First Comprehensive Sotho Dictionary
title_short	Challenges of Predictability and Consistency in the First Comprehensive Sotho Dictionary
title_full	Challenges of Predictability and Consistency in the First Comprehensive Sotho Dictionary
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title_full_unstemmed	Challenges of Predictability and Consistency in the First Comprehensive Sotho Dictionary
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Challenges of Predictability and Consistency in the First Comprehensive Sotho Dictionary

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