A Transtextual Approach to Lexicographic Functions

Abstract

Abstract:The development of theoretical lexicography clearly indicates a movement towards a more general recognition of the role of lexicographic functions. A consistent application of lexicographic functions has a major influence on the contents of dictionary articles but also on the data distribution and even the typological classification. In the discussion of lexicographic functions, the emphasis has primarily been on the central list of dictionaries. This article proposes an approach where outer texts are also selected and compiled in order to make an active contribution to achieving the lexicographic functions of a given dictionary. A distinction is made between function-adhering and non-function-adhering outer texts. The function-adhering outer texts can further be divided into integrated and non-integrated function-adhering outer texts. With reference to the data distribution programme of a dictionary, it is suggested that in the planning of every dictionary, provision should be made for a function allocation programme. This will ensure that the identified functions of a given dictionary will be realised in both the central list and the outer texts. Die ontwikkeling van die teoretiese leksikografie toon 'n duidelike beweging in die rigting van 'n groter erkenning aan die rol van leksikografiese funksies. 'n Konsekwente toepassing van leksikografiese funksies het 'n ingrypende invloed op die inhoud van woordeboekartikels maar ook op die dataverspreiding en selfs op die tipologiese klassifikasie. Tot dusver was die klem in die gesprek oor leksikografiese funksies veral op die sentrale teks van woordeboeke. Hierdie artikel bepleit 'n benadering waar die buitetekste ook gekies en saamgestel moet word om aktief by te dra tot die bereiking van 'n bepaalde woordeboek se leksikografiese funksies. 'n Onderskeid word gemaak tussen funksienakomende en niefunksienakomende buitetekste. Die funksienakomende buitetekste kan op hulle beurt weer onderverdeel word in geïntegreerde en niegeïntegreerde funksienakomende tekste. Na aanleiding van die dataverspreidingsprogram van woordeboeke word voorgestel *

'n Teoretiese basis vir kontekstualisering in tweetalige woordeboeke

“…Dit veronderstel dat kontekstualiserende inskrywings hoofsaaklik in die sentrale lys sal voorkom en die kommunikasie-georiënteerde funksies van die woordeboek sal ondersteun (vgl. Gouws en Steyn 2005). Die data toon ook dat kontekstualiserende inskrywings op mikrostrukturele vlak nie onderling eksklusief funksioneer nie, maar dat meer as een tipe met identiese adresse binne 'n enkele woordeboekartikel en selfs binne 'n enkele integraat kan optree (vgl.…”

“…Hoewel buitetekste ook die kommunikasie-georiënteerde funksies van die woordeboek kan ondersteun, vervul hulle nie direk en in situ 'n kontekstualiserende funksie nie, hoewel die potensiële rol wat hulle wel in konteksleiding kan speel nie genegeer moet word nie; sodanige rol kan veral deur 'n funksionele mediostruktuur uitgebou word. Vergelyk onder meer Gouws (2004) en Gouws en Steyn (2005) vir besprekings oor buitetekste.…”

The Utilisation of Outer Texts in the Practical Lexicography of African Languages

“…This may be discerned from the following comments of Gouws and Prinsloo (2005: 58): gand (Gouws 2007: 81). Resultant metalexicographical advances gave way to analytical distinctions between integrated and non-integrated outer texts (Gouws 2004) and later function-adhering and non-function-adhering outer texts (Gouws 2007). Such distinctions may be helpful in the understanding of outer texts in existing dictionaries, as well as in their planning and utilisation in new dictionaries.…”

“…The acknowledgement that not just the word list constitutes a dictionary introduced what was first called the textual book structure (Wiegand and Hausmann 1989: 330), and later became known as the frame structure (cf. Gouws 2002Gouws , 2004Gouws , 2007. In addition to the central list which is a compulsory text in any dictionary (Wiegand and Hausmann 1989: 331), the frame structure recognised the incorporation of the outer texts, consisting of the front matter, middle matter and back matter texts as part of the dictionary.…”

A Transtextual Approach to Lexicographic Functions

“…outer texts which are integrated or not integrated into the function(s) of a dictionary (cf. Gouws and Steyn 2005). Within the category of outer texts of a given dictionary, a distinction should be made between those texts that do and those that do not enhance the information transfer in the dictionary.…”