Nuwe dinge in <i>Nuwe woorde</i.* — 'n oorsig oor buitemikrostrukturele leksikografiese vernuwings

Abstract

New Things in New Words * -an overview of nonmicrostructural lexicographic innovations. This review article focuses on the nonmicrostructural lexicographic innovations which are apparent in the dictionary under discussion. The emerging notion of user-friendliness in modern lexicographic practice does in no way imply that lexicographic innovations should be limited to the microstructure of dictionaries. Innovative approaches to the presentation of information in the user's guide (where a user's guide exists in a dictionary!) and other elements of the front and back matter in dictionaries play as an important role in making a dictionary more user-friendly as do innovations in the microstructure. New Words/Nuwe woorde, as the newest contribution to the collection of Afrikaans translation dictionaries, exhibits some remarkable nonmicrostructural lexicographic innovations. These innovations are highlighted, evaluated and criticised in this article.