Expectation Levels in Dictionary Consultation and Compilation

Dictionary consultation and compilation is a two-way engagement between two par­ties, namely a dictionary user and a lexicographer. How well users cope with looking up words in a Bantu language dictionary and to what extent their expectations are met, depends on their con­sultation skills, their kno...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:5e93b63303c0449993ab3222e254be642021-12-03T08:35:46ZExpectation Levels in Dictionary Consultation and Compilation10.5788/23-1-12111684-49042224-0039https://doaj.org/article/5e93b63303c0449993ab3222e254be642013-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://lexikos.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/1211https://doaj.org/toc/1684-4904https://doaj.org/toc/2224-0039Dictionary consultation and compilation is a two-way engagement between two par­ties, namely a dictionary user and a lexicographer. How well users cope with looking up words in a Bantu language dictionary and to what extent their expectations are met, depends on their con­sultation skills, their knowledge of the structure of a Bantu language and the dictionary design. There are also demands that the lexicographer places on the user. These demands are of varying degrees, ranging from low-level expectations, where basic look-up skills according to the letters of the alphabet are assumed to have been mastered already (as needed when using a word-based dictionary), to medium-level expectations (such as being able to look up words in a stem-based dictionary), to high-level demands (where intuitive dictionary skills no longer suffice). A fine bal­ance must be struck between the user's guidelines and the presumed dictionary consultation skill of the target user. This article endeavours to look into the matter of various levels of expectation of Bantu language dictionaries, both from the perspective of the user and the compiler.Inge KoschWoordeboek van die Afrikaanse Taal-WATarticledictionary consultationdictionary compilationexpecta­tion levelsconsultation skillsword-based dictionarystem-based dic­tion­arydictionary designtarget userlexicographerlemmatisationPhilology. LinguisticsP1-1091Languages and literature of Eastern Asia, Africa, OceaniaPL1-8844Germanic languages. Scandinavian languagesPD1-7159AFDEENFRNLLexikos, Vol 23, Pp 201-208 (2013)
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language AF
DE
EN
FR
NL
topic dictionary consultation
dictionary compilation
expecta­tion levels
consultation skills
word-based dictionary
stem-based dic­tion­ary
dictionary design
target user
lexicographer
lemmatisation
Philology. Linguistics
P1-1091
Languages and literature of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania
PL1-8844
Germanic languages. Scandinavian languages
PD1-7159
spellingShingle dictionary consultation
dictionary compilation
expecta­tion levels
consultation skills
word-based dictionary
stem-based dic­tion­ary
dictionary design
target user
lexicographer
lemmatisation
Philology. Linguistics
P1-1091
Languages and literature of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania
PL1-8844
Germanic languages. Scandinavian languages
PD1-7159
Inge Kosch
Expectation Levels in Dictionary Consultation and Compilation
description Dictionary consultation and compilation is a two-way engagement between two par­ties, namely a dictionary user and a lexicographer. How well users cope with looking up words in a Bantu language dictionary and to what extent their expectations are met, depends on their con­sultation skills, their knowledge of the structure of a Bantu language and the dictionary design. There are also demands that the lexicographer places on the user. These demands are of varying degrees, ranging from low-level expectations, where basic look-up skills according to the letters of the alphabet are assumed to have been mastered already (as needed when using a word-based dictionary), to medium-level expectations (such as being able to look up words in a stem-based dictionary), to high-level demands (where intuitive dictionary skills no longer suffice). A fine bal­ance must be struck between the user's guidelines and the presumed dictionary consultation skill of the target user. This article endeavours to look into the matter of various levels of expectation of Bantu language dictionaries, both from the perspective of the user and the compiler.
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title Expectation Levels in Dictionary Consultation and Compilation
title_short Expectation Levels in Dictionary Consultation and Compilation
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title_fullStr Expectation Levels in Dictionary Consultation and Compilation
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