Abstract
Lexicography in a Multilingual South Africa
Highlights
From a purely political point of view, there has been inequality and inequity in the funding of the development and promotion of a section of South African languages due to the laws that prevailed in the past
An opportune moment has presented itself to redress the failures and shortcomings of the past. Those in the Pan South African Language Board (PANSALB) who have been entrusted with this responsibility are determined to see to it that justice is done to everybody's satisfaction without diminishing existing benefits, and without short-changing previously deprived languages
Each unit will have its own full-time staff under the supervision of an editor-inchief, who will be accountable to the management committee. These draft regulations have been circulated and discussed at the three workshops organised by the PANSALB Lexicography and Terminology Subcommittee on 31 October 1997, 19 and 20 March 1998 and 13 and 14 May 1998
Summary
From a purely political point of view, there has been inequality and inequity in the funding of the development and promotion of a section of South African languages due to the laws that prevailed in the past It is fitting, that the whole debate on the lexicography units is brought into its correct perspective, that is: lexicographical rather than political, at least that there has been change in government policy. PANSALB shall not impose itself on the units, but shall make it possible for them to take responsible decisions relevant to their specific and individual needs This is a slightly adapted and updated version of a keynote address given at the Third International Conference of the African Association for Lexicography, held at the University of Potchefstroorn for CHE, Potchefstroorn, 29-30 June 1998
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