This article calls for a user-oriented approach when lexicographers contemplate on the provision of information types in monolingual GPDs and then maximum utilisation of the dictionaries which is attained if users go beyond ...

In this paper the writer critically evaluates the defining formats that were used in defining headwords in the first-ever-monolingual General Ndebele Dictionary, Isichazamazwi SeSiNdebele(ISN). The emphasis in the ISN was ...

The study examines auxiliaries in Shona. One of the most problematic issues when dealing with auxiliaries not only in Shona but also in many languages of the world is the question of their categorical status. This study ...

The article examines the impact of translation activities on the development of African languages in a multi-lingual Zimbabwean society. It analyzes Shona musical terms that were created through translation processes and ...

The main idea behind this research work was to come up with a model of students’ supervision that emancipates the student teacher and simultaneously makes the student feel that he/she has a chance given to him to learn how ...

This article gives an analysis of the microstructure of Isichazamazwi SesiNdebele, henceforth the ISN. The microstructure is analysed at two levels; the level of providing information and the level of making that information ...