Target Users' Expectations versus the Actual Compilation of a Shona Children's Dictionary

Target Users' Expectations versus the Actual Compilation of a Shona Children's Dictionary

Abstract: The article discusses the challenges that confronted the team of compilers working on the monolingual Shona Children's Dictionary (henceforth SCD). It looks at the active involvement of the target users in shaping the project and discusses the considerations for the implementation of...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Esau Mangoya
Format:	Article
Language:	Afrikaans
Published:	Woordeboek van die Afrikaanse Taal-WAT 2011-10-01
Series:	Lexikos
Subjects:	TARGET USERS DIALECT REPRESENTATION INTERNATIONAL WORDS TABOO WORDS TONE MARKING BACK MATTER DICTIONARY LEXICOGRAPHY
Online Access:	http://lexikos.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/184

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