Online dictionaries on the internet: An overview for the African languages

Lexikos

Volumn 13, Issue , 2003, Pages 1-20

  De Schryver, Gilles Maurice ^a,b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

African languages; Browse mode; Customisation; Dictionaries; Fuzzy SF; Internet; Lexicography; Look up mode; Online; Sesotho sa Leboa; Simultaneous feedback; Terminology

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645696716     PISSN: 16844904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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