Abstract
Fifty years ago, no lexicographer used a database in the work process. Today, almost all dictionary projects incorporate databases. In our opinion, the optimal lexicographical database should be planned in cooperation between a lexicographer and a database specialist in each specific lexicographical project. Such cooperation will reach the highest level of success if the lexicographer has at least a basic knowledge of the topic presented in this paper: What is a database? This type of knowledge is also needed when the lexicographer describes an ongoing or a finished project. In this article, we provide the description of this type of cooperation, using the most important theoretical terms relevant in the planning of a database. It will be made clear that a lexicographical database is like any other database. The only difference is that an optimal lexicographical database is constructed to fulfil the requirements for a specific lexicographical project.
Highlights
Opsomming: Wat is 'n leksikografiese databasis? Geen leksikograaf het vyftig jaar gelede 'n databasis in die werksproses gebruik nie
In hierdie artikel verskaf ons 'n beskrywing van hierdie soort samewerking deur die belangrikste teoretiese terme te gebruik wat toepaslik is in die beplanning van 'n databasis
There is no current dictionary project that does not use a database. This is reflected in the lexicographical literature, but in quite a disappointing way as you are never really told what a database is or how the specific database is structured
Summary
Henning Bergenholtz and Jesper Skovgård Nielsen base. From the selected data, which was typically stored on written cards collected in boxes, one and only one dictionary was produced. The following quotation gives the impression that the database and the dictionary is the same This is not said explicitly, but we see no other interpretation: The Multilingual Dictionary of Lexicographical Terms (MDLT) is an electronic dictionary available on the Internet. The database has no direct relationship to the intended use or user group This does not mean that the selection of different data fields is without relevance for the intended use, not. [W]e use 'database' to refer to the structured collection of material assembled during the analysis process, on the basis of which final dictionary entries will be created. A database is an empty box created to contain data in the different fields. The box exists both with and without content, and the same applies to a database
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