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AbstractWe give a new construction showing how new orthomodular lattices can be built out of old ones by choosing any join dense subset of the given orthomodular lattice and putting a lexicographic orthogonality relation on the free monoid generated by this subset. This construction has relevance to the logic of an empirical science and, in particular,
David J. Foulis, C. H. Randall
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<p><b>The Contrastive Definition in Afrikaans Explanatory Dictionaries</b></p><p>This paper deals with the contrastive definition which is readily applied in Afrikaans standard explanatory dictionaries to ...
Herman L. Beyer
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Die leksikografiese bewerking van verwantskapsterme in Sepedi
The lexicographical treatment of kinship terminology in Sepedi.Kinship terminology in Sepedi is extensive and forms a complex system. In contrast to languages such as Afrikaans, English and German the lexicographer faces greater challenges in respect of ...
D.J. Prinsloo
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Researchers in linguistic and lexicographic fields such as Nkondo (1987: 70) and Kamwangamalu (1997: 89) assert that no language is lexically self-sufficient. According to Jafta (1987: 127), the reason for this is because no perfectly homogenous language
Sponono Mahlangu
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It is well known that Greek language and culture had a great impact on Roman culture and literature in the Latin language. However, the influence of the Latin language on Greek has drawn less attention, particularly when it comes to loanwords.
Alka Lončar
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Polish Americans in the History of Bilingual Lexicography: The State of the Art
This paper measures dictionaries made by Polish Americans against the development of the Polish–English and English–Polish lexicographic tradition. Of twenty nine monoscopal and biscopal glossaries and dictionaries published between 1788 and 1947, four ...
Mirosława Podhajecka
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This paper reconsiders the division of the literature on electoral competition into models with forward-looking voters and those with backward-looking voters by combining ideas from both strands of the literature. As long as there is no uncertainty about voters' policy preferences and parties can commit in advance to a policy platform but not to a ...
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Dilemma is intended to enhance quality and increase productivity of expert human translators by presenting to the writer relevant lexical information mechanically extracted from comparable existing translations, thus replacing - or compensating for the absence of - a lexicographer and stand-by terminologist rather than the translator.
Karlgren, Hans +4 more
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Objectivity, Prescription, Harmlessness, and Drudgery: Reflections of Lexicographers in Slovenia
This contribution reports on a study that set out to paint as complete a picture as possible of the context and content of modern Slovenian lexicography.
Alenka Vrbinc +2 more
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The Afrikaans Orthographic Rules as Guide for Other South African Languages
The spelling and orthographic rules of a language are very important for compilers of general and technical dictionaries. When compiling a dictionary, the lexicographers and terminographers should adhere to these rules. The word-forming principles of a
Mariëtta Alberts
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