Abstract
^he user-perspective has emerged as an all-important cri-terion in the selection and lexicographical treatment oflexical items in modern dictionary compilation. Starting with one ofthe earlyAmerican advocates (Barnhart [1962]), the concept made itsway into reference works (Hartmann and James [1998]) and is a re-current theme of both the British (practical) and German (theoreti-cal) schools of lexicography (see e.g., Atkins [1998] and Wiegand[1998] respectively). In the words ofGouws and Prinsloo (1998, 18),
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