AFRILEX

5^th International Conference
Programme

Date:	3-5 July 2000
Organisation:	University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch, South Africa
Conference Theme:	Dictionaries for Special Purposes
Also invited:	Papers on any aspect of lexicography

Monday 3 July 2000
08:00 – 08:45	Registration
08:45 – 09:00	Welcome – Chairperson of Afrilex
	OFFICIAL OPENING
	Word from the Local Conference Organiser
First Session: Dictionaries for Special Purposes
09:00 – 10:00	Mariëtta Alberts INTRODUCTION TO TERMINOLOGY SUBJECT COMMITTEES
10:00 – 10:30	Tea
10:30 – 11:30	Susan Roets SUBJECT COMMITTEES
11:30 – 12:30	Judy de Beer EXCERPTION
12:30 – 13:00	DISCUSSION
13:00 – 13:55	Lunch
Second Session: SAQA's criteria for SGBs
14:00 – 15:15	Busi Dube SAQA (South African Qualifications Authority) / STANDARDS GENERATING BODY (SGB) FOR LEXICOGRAPHIC TRAINING
15:15 – 15:45	Tea
15:45 – 16:45	Informal visit to the BURO VAN DIE WOORDEBOEK VAN DIE AFRIKAANSE TAAL (WAT)
17:00	EXCURSION
Tuesday 4 July 2000
Third Session: Papers 1
Keynote Address 1
09:00 – 09:55	Sven Tarp (Denmark) THEORETICAL CHALLENGES TO LSP LEXICOGRAPHY
Parallel Sessions 1
10:00 – 10:25	Piet Swanepoel DICTIONARY QUALITY AND DICTIONARY DESIGN: A METHODOLOGY FOR IMPROVING THE FUNCTIONAL QUALITY OF DICTIONARIES	Sonja Bosch & D.J. Prinsloo THE LEMMATIZATION OF SO-CALLED 'ABBREVIATED NOUNS' IN AFRICAN LANGUAGES WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO ZULU AND SEPEDI
10:30 – 10:55	Tea
11:00 – 11:25	Michelle van der Merwe INSERTED TEXTS: SPECIAL DEVICES FOR SPECIAL PURPOSES	Nomalanga Mpofu PROBLEMS OF HEADWORD PRESENTATION AND DEFINITION IN A MONOLINGUAL DICTIONARY: THE CASE OF THE ADVANCED SHONA DICTIONARY
11:30 – 11:55	Mariëtta Alberts LEXICOGRAPHY VERSUS TERMINOGRAPHY	V.M. Mojela THE CAUSE AND EFFECT OF URBAN SLANG IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NORTHERN SOTHO LEXICON
12:00 – 12:25	Susan Roets WORD-FORMING PRINCIPLES AS ENCOUNTERED IN BUILDING TECHNOLOGIES, PHYSICS, ETC.	E. Taljard & R. Gauton SUPPLYING SYNTACTIC AND MORPHOLOGICAL INFORMATION IN A QUADRILINGUAL EXPLANATORY DICTIONARY OF CHEMISTRY (QEDC): A PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION
12:30 – 12:55	Johan van Niekerk THE COMPLEX MULTI-VERB INITIAL IN AFRIKAANS – A LEMMA DILEMMA	N.S. Mokone THE MACROSTRUCTURAL TREATMENT OF HOMONYMS WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO A SETSWANA MONOLINGUAL DICTIONARY
13:00 – 13:55	Lunch
14:00 – 14:25	Maria Smit USING FRAMES IN SPECIAL-FIELD LEXICOGRAPHY: AN ETHNOMUSICOLOGICAL CASE STUDY	Feziwe Shoba THE DEVELOPMENT OF A STYLE GUIDE: A DICTIONARY-DESIGN PROCESS
14:30 – 15:15	GENERAL MEETING
15:15 – 15:45	Tea
18:00	PHAROS Conference Dinner
Wednesday 5 July 2000
Fourth Session: Papers 2
Keynote Address 2
09:00 – 09:55	Kathy Kavanagh (UK / South Africa) WORDS IN A CULTURAL CONTEXT
Parallel Sessions 2
10:00 – 10:25	Rufus Gouws EMPLOYING A SINGLE AMALGAMATED MACROSTRUCTURE IN BILINGUAL DICTIONARIES	M.P. Rakgokong YES! WE WANT A SPECIAL DICTIONARY ON EUPHEMISMS
10:30 – 10:55	Tea
11:00 – 11:25	Rosemarie Gläser SHOULD LSP DICTIONARIES ALSO INCLUDE PROFESSIONAL JARGON AND SLANG?	D.J. Prinsloo & Gilles-Maurice de Schryver THE CONCEPT OF SIMULTANEOUS FEEDBACK AS APPLIED TO THE SOUTH AFRICAN CONTEXT, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE SEPEDI DICTIONARY PROJECT (SeDiPro)
11:30 – 11:55	Hannelie Brand LEXICOGRAPHIC INCONSISTENCY IN THE CENTRAL LISTS OF THE MAJOR DICTIONARY WITH REFERENCE TO CERTAIN TYPES OF LABELS	Gilles-Maurice de Schryver & D.J. Prinsloo (IN)CONSISTENCIES AND THE MIRACULOUS CONSISTENCY RATIO OF '(x 1.25)^4 = x 2.44', A PERSPECTIVE ON CORPUS-BASED VERSUS NON-CORPUS-BASED LEMMA-SIGN LISTS
12:00 – 12:25	Li Lan & Grahame Bilbow FROM BUSINESS CORPUS TO BUSINESS LEXICON	Kwena Mashamaite COMPILATION OF BILINGUAL DICTIONARIES BETWEEN AFRICAN LANGUAGES IN SOUTH AFRICA: A CASE OF NORTHERN SOTHO AND TSHIVENDA
12:30 – 12:55	Jana Luther ELECTRONIC DICTIONARIES – AN OVERVIEW OF RECENT SOUTH AFRICAN DEVELOPMENTS	John M. Lubinda LEXICAL GAPS IN AFRICAN LANGUAGES AND ANISOMORPHISM BETWEEN LANGUAGES: PROBLEMS AND CHALLENGES
13:00 – 13:55	Lunch
14:00 – 14:25	Herman Beyer LEXICOGRAPHER MEETS TRANSLATOR? AN UNLIKELY COINCIDENCE	Matete Madiba REFLECTIONS ON A HANDS-ON AND INITIATION PROJECT – DICTIONARY FOR SPECIAL PURPOSES
14:30 – 14:55	To be announced	To be announced
15:00 – 15:10	CLOSURE
15:10	Tea

To previous Conference Programs 1^st (1996) 2^nd (1997) 3^rd (1998) 4^th (1999)

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