Open AccessDuramazwi reDudziramutauro neUvaranomwe against the Background of Shona Lexicography
Author(s) -
Gift Mheta,
Maxwell Kadenge
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
lexikos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.28
H-Index - 15
eISSN - 2224-0039
pISSN - 1684-4904
DOI - 10.5788/19-0-185
Subject(s) - shona , lexicography , linguistics , selection (genetic algorithm) , subject (documents) , product (mathematics) , computer science , sociology , artificial intelligence , world wide web , philosophy , mathematics , geometry
This article considers and analyses Duramazwi reDudziramutauro neUvaranomwe (henceforth DRU), a 2007 product of the University of Zimbabwe's African Languages Research Institute (ALRI). It evaluates DRU which is the first terminological dictionary dealing with Shona literary and linguistic terms. Furthermore it traces the compilation process of this dictionary, describing the stages of collection, selection, entry and definition of terms. It also examines the microstructure and the macrostructure of DRU aimed at target users who are both students and teachers in high schools and tertiary institutions offering Shona as a subject or course