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    n Metaleksikografiese fundering van Afrikaanse skoolwoordeboeke
    (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 1990) Lombard, Frederik Johannes; Gouws, R. H.; Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Dept. of Afrikaans and Dutch.
    ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This dissertation deals with theoretical aspects of lexicography as they apply to school dictionaries; Afrikaans school dictionaries in particular. Every dictionary should be compiled with the lexical needs of its users in mind. I point out the way in which dictionaries serve their users and stress user friendliness and various ways to achieve it. The youthful user of a school dictionary should determine the presentation of a school dictionary and not only lexicographical conventions. This fact is pointed out and elaborated on. Before looking more closely at school dictionaries, I describe them typologically and show their place in the larger family of dictionaries. I distinguish a school dictionary from a learner's dictionary which is also a pedagogical dictionary. For the purpose of this study I take a look at aspects concerning the compilation of dictionaries, the authority of dictionaries and the implications thereof as well as the sources which the compilers of dictionaries use. I also point out the fact that there is a real need for school dictionaries. The task of the lexicographer, general problems that he can experience, information which he should give, the planning and presentation of his information and the macro- and microstructure of the dictionary he is compiling are among some of the aspects dealt with. I furthermore look at criticism levelled at dictionaries and criteria for their evaluation and I focus attention on the descriptive versus the prescriptive dictionary. I conclude that a descriptive dictionary with certain inevitable prescriptive elements is probably the way the compiler of a school dictionary should pursue. A comprehensive key to the use of a dictionary, especially a school dictionary, is of great importance. I look at the presentation of such a key and give an indication of the information which the user should be able to find there. Before discussing the different microstructural elements of dictionaries (with particular reference to the way the compiler of an Afrikaans school dictionary should treat and describe them), I point out the need for a more comprehensive presentation of these elements. With regard to the microstructure of school dictionaries I focus especially on the lexicographical definition and citations, collocations and other syntactical examples. In the last chapter I propose a model for an Afrikaans school dictionary.