Compiling a Corpus-based dictionary grammar: An example for Northern Sotho

Lexikos

Volumn 17, Issue , 2007, Pages 37-55

  De Schryver, Gilles Maurice ^a,b,c   Taljard, Elsabé ^d  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^c TshwaneDJe HLT   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Corpus; Dictionary; Dictionary grammar; Frequency; Lexicography; Middle matter; Northern Sotho (Sesotho sa leboa)

Indexed keywords

EID: 50949125076     PISSN: 16844904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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