Abstract
On 5 September 2008, the degree of Doctor of Literature, Honoris Causa, was conferred on B.T. Sue Atkins by the University of Pretoria. The decision by the Council and the Senate to award her this degree was taken on the grounds of the following considerations as stated in the following commendatio read at the graduation ceremony.
Highlights
In 2000, she was awarded an honorary D.Litt. by the University of Brighton, United Kingdom, for services to lexicography and linguistics, national and international
The decision by the Council and the Senate to award her this degree was taken on the grounds of the following considerations as stated in the following commendatio read at the graduation ceremony
In 2002, she received a festschrift published by the European Association for Lexicography (EURALEX) to mark her contribution to international lexicography, and was made an Honorary Life Member of EURALEX, of which she is a past President
Summary
In 2000, she was awarded an honorary D.Litt. by the University of Brighton, United Kingdom, for services to lexicography and linguistics, national and international. With her workshops SALEX '97 (hosted by Rhodes University, Grahamstown) and AFRILEX-SALEX '98 (hosted by the University of Pretoria, Pretoria), Sue Atkins made an invaluable contribution to the development of lexicography in South Africa, in particular for Sepedi, Setswana, Sesotho, isiNdebele, isiZulu, Siswati, isiXhosa, Tshivenda and Xitsonga.
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