Browsing by Author "Botha, Willem"

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    Ensiklopedisiteit in die Woordeboek van die Afrikaanse Taal : 'n "Saak" van balans
    (Bureau of the WAT, 2009) Botha, Willem
    From the ninth volume, the Woordeboek van die Afrikaanse Taal (henceforth WAT) moved away from a more encyclopaedic presentation of information. Theorists reacted positively to this change of direction. The opinion was, however, also expressed that the WAT, as far as lexicographic function is concerned, should concentrate more on cognitive functions, which include especially encyclopaedic information. In response to this opinion, an effort is made to establish whether the WAT has from volume nine succeeded in finding a balance between encyclopaedic and semantic information. For this purpose the focus is on Wiegand's views on the presentation of encyclopaedic information in explanatory dictionaries as well as the more traditional principle of component analysis.
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    Die impak van die leksikografieteorie op die samestelling van die Woordeboek van die Afrikaanse Taal
    (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2003-03) Botha, Willem; Gouws, R. H.; Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences . Dept. of Afrikaans & Dutch.
    ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Although work on the Woordeboek van die Afrikaanse Taal started in the pretheoretic era of lexicography, it was originally the wish of the editorial staff to involve linguists in the compilation of the dictionary. They were, however, reluctant to implement suggestions of the critics after the first volumes had been published. A few adaptations were made, but a high premium was placed on the uniformity of the dictionary so that no meaningful changes were considered. The increasing harshness of the critisism as well as growing doubt whether the dictionary would be completed at the ever slowing pace, motivated the editorial staff to make a radical about-turn at the halfway mark. In an unprecedented step in lexicography the dictionary was redesigned during 1989 and 1990. Metalexicographers were involved and critisism on the completed volumes as well as the insights of lexicographic theory were taken into account in the designing of the new generation WAT volumes. The interaction between theory and practice should however be an ongoing process and more adaptations should be made if the ideal remains that the dictionary should reflect the state of metalexicography.
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    Introducing Stellenbosch University Open Access Journals
    (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2011-10) Simon, Carol; Thom, Johan; Botma, Gabriël; Botha, Willem; Brand, Gerrit; Visagie, Stephan E.; Van der Walt, Christa; Vrey, Francois; Khondowe, Oswell