A model for the macro- and microstructure of a Yipunu-French school dictionary
Date
2006-03
Authors
Mabika Mbokou, Ludwine
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Publisher
Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch
Abstract
ENGLISH ABSTRACT:In the field of the science of language, dictionaries have always been part of a
standardisation process. They are also part of the expansion, the development and the
promotion of languages in societies. On the other hand, the education system is an
important partner for both foreign language teaching and the development of local
languages in countries with a weak written tradition like Gabon. It is a strong platform for
the production of dictionaries because it includes the diffusion and the application of
school programmes and school manuals.
Therefore, it is relevant for the Gabonese population to rely on a well-established
lexicographic tradition to preserve and promote their local languages. Introducing
dictionaries in the field of education can ensure this. Dictionaries have to be compiled in
the Gabonese languages for Gabonese pupils learning those languages. Because each
culture encourages the development of dictionaries suitable to particular difficulties,
dictionaries compiled in Gabonese languages have to be made according to the Gabonese
situation.
The present dissertation will present a model for a bilingual school dictionary involving
Yipunu, one of the Gabonese languages, and French. The aim will be to develop a model,
based on metalexicographical principles, applicable to the Gabonese context. In this
model the French section of the dictionary will not be active. The frame structure
required in the compilation of such a model will contain a front matter, a back matter and
a central list. Even if there are two treated languages, the dominant language in this
dictionary will be Yipunu. French will appear only as translation equivalents. And for the
convenience of the target users, the model will describe the content of a polyfunctional
monodirectional bilingual Yipunu/French dictionary for Yipunu learners.
Description
Thesis (DLitt (Afrikaans and Dutch))--University of Stellenbosch, 2006.
Keywords
Gabon -- Languages -- Lexicography, Yipunu language -- Dictionaries -- French, Gabon -- Languages -- Dictionaries, Yipunu language -- Lexicography, Dissertations -- Afrikaans and Dutch, Theses -- Afrikaans and Dutch