29.1844, Books: Swahili Lexicography. Modern Dictionaries and their Users: Wójtowicz

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Date: Tue, 01 May 2018 16:37:58
From: Ulrich Lüders [contact at lincom.eu]
Subject: Swahili Lexicography. Modern Dictionaries and their Users: Wójtowicz

 


Title: Swahili Lexicography. Modern Dictionaries and their Users 
Subtitle: A Swahili-Polish Dictionary Case Study 
Series Title: Linguistics Edition 116  

Publication Year: 2018 
Publisher: Lincom GmbH
	   http://www.lincom-shop.eu
	

Book URL: http://lincom-shop.eu/LE-116-Swahili-Lexicography-Modern-Dictionaries-and-their-Users/en 


Author: Beata Wójtowicz

Paperback: ISBN:  9783862888702 Pages: 256 Price: Europe EURO 74.80


Abstract:

Modern lexicography is connected to using computers, corpora and various
sophisticated tools. Large amounts of data are automatically analysed in
different ways and contribute to writing better dictionaries. In recent years,
the progress in data availability and analysis has been enormous. But there is
still an aspect of the dictionary production process which remains partly
unrecognised: whether users are satisfied with the dictionary products, and
whether the products assist their needs in the best way possible.

This book is concerned with the Swahili language and its lexicography. It
deals with modern methods used in present lexicography and their application
to lesser-resourced languages. It presents some issues related to the
principles and practice of Swahili lexicography followed by a study concerned
with Swahili dictionary user research. The analysis is carried on
Swahili-Polish dictionary log-files in order to reveal what users actually
look up in the dictionary, what are their search strategies and why looking up
does not always go well. The study is carried out with the intention of
formulating insights for Bantu lexicography on crucial aspects such as lemma
selection and lemmatisation strategies. It is also a study on the Polish
dictionary user and her/his dictionary habits.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Lexicography

Subject Language(s): Swahili (swh)


Written In: English  (eng)

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