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Abbreviated title (ISO 4)
  
Lexikos

Publication history
  
1991–present

Discipline
  
Lexicography

Language
  
English, Afrikaans, Dutch, French, German

Edited by
  
Johan C. M. D. du Plessis

Publisher
  
Bureau of the WAT (Republic of South Africa)

Lexikos is a peer-reviewed academic journal in the field of lexicography, established in 1991. It is published by Bureau of the Woordeboek van die Afrikaanse Taal of the association the African Association for Lexicography. It became the official journal of the latter in 1996. It appears annually and publishes contributions in English, Afrikaans, Dutch, French and German (with abstracts in English). The editor in chief is Johan C. M. D. du Plessis.

Contents

Aims and scope

Being the only lexicographic journal in Africa, Lexikos aims at stimulating discussion among researchers both on the continent and in the other parts of the world. Its scope encompasses not only lexicography, but also its relations with other fields, such as computer science or general linguistics.

The journal publishes the following types of contributions:

  • Research papers
  • Contemplative articles, reflecting on existing research and theories
  • Review articles and reviews
  • Discussions of projects
  • Lexiconotes - short articles concerning various practical problems and suggestions
  • Lexicovaria - announcements and press releases aimed at practicing lexicographers
  • Reports on workshops and conferences
  • Abstracting and indexing

    The journal is indexed in the following services:

  • Arts and Humanities Citation Index
  • Current Contents
  • Journal Citation Reports, Social Sciences Edition
  • Linguistic Bibliography
  • Linguistics Abstracts Online
  • Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts
  • MLA International Bibliography
  • R.R.K. Hartmann's Bibliography of Lexicography
  • Scopus
  • Social Sciences Citation Index
  • Social Scisearch
  • References

    Lexikos Wikipedia