[Ads-l] RES: [Lexicog] Launch of Mobile Dictionary of South African English

[David Daniel]

Lekker.
DAD

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Enviada em: terça-feira, 29 de setembro de 2020 22:37
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Assunto: Fwd: [Lexicog] Launch of Mobile Dictionary of South African English

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> From: "Gilles-Maurice de Schryver gillesmaurice.deschryver at UGent.be =
[lexicographylist]" <lexicographylist at yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: [Lexicog] Launch of Mobile Dictionary of South African =
English
> Date: 29 September 2020 at 06:19:29 PDT
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> ANNOUNCEMENT:
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> Release of the online Dictionary of South African English (DSAE)
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> MOBILE EDITION
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> This release presents a data-rich historical dictionary model on =
smartphones and tablets (iOS & Android supported, free access at =
http://dsae.co.za <http://dsae.co.za/>). It marks the completion of a =
major digitisation phase from early pilot online editions to a =
fully-fledged web application thoroughly adapted for Desktop and Mobile =
devices. The same advanced feature set is available on both platforms.
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> The dictionary was first published in print as A Dictionary of South =
African English on Historical Principles (Oxford University Press, 1996) =
=E2=80=93 a 25-year project documenting the development of regional =
English usage over three centuries. It contains 4600 main entries with =
45 000 bibliographically-referenced quotations covering 17 500 word = forms
and their histories, including first recorded use.
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> Following extensive digital enhancements, dictionary users can now =
manipulate this unrivalled record of the language variety as a = structured
database. Words can be grouped in dictionary =E2=80=98slices=E2= =80=99,
e.g. by date of entry into the language using an interactive = visual
slider, or filtered by language of origin, subject or usage = category (with
over 180 subcategories in all). Individual word histories =
=E2=80=93 often spanning centuries =E2=80=93 can also be navigated =
visually by word sense or quotation evidence, revealing developmental =
patterns previously submerged in the written text.
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> Key features:
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> =E2=80=A2 Fully responsive design, rescales to preserve advanced =
Desktop features on Android & iOS (most modern browsers supported)
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> =E2=80=A2 Graphical presentation & navigation of word histories and =
source quotation data (data aggregation devices reveal new insights and =
relations)
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> =E2=80=A2 Navigate complex entries structurally, not only by =
sequential reading of text
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> =E2=80=A2 Powerful filtering options presented in a simple way: no =
unwieldy =E2=80=98advanced search=E2=80=99 forms to complete; stack or =
unstack search filters easily without cognitive overload
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> =E2=80=A2 Refine search & filter results by date span with a visual =
slider; sort entries (or the entire unfiltered dictionary) by year of =
first recorded use.
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> To access the dictionary, go to http://dsae.co.za =
<http://dsae.co.za/>.
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> The online DSAE is a project of the Dictionary Unit for South African 
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English in Makhanda (Grahamstown), South Africa.
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> Web: www.ru.ac.za/dsae/ <http://www.ru.ac.za/dsae/>
> Email: dsae at ru.ac.za <mailto:dsae at ru.ac.za>
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> ----------------------------------
> Tim van Niekerk
> Executive Director
> Dictionary Unit for S.A. English (DSAE)  St Peter's Building, Rhodes 
>University  P.O. Box 94  Makhanda (Grahamstown)  6140  South Africa
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> Tel: +27 (0)46 603 7296
> Fax: +27 (0)46 603 8107
> www.ru.ac.za/dsae/ <http://www.ru.ac.za/dsae/>
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