TY - JOUR AU - Feinauer, A.E. PY - 1970/01/01 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Definiëring in 'n aanleerderwoordeboek JF - Lexikos JA - Lex VL - 2 IS - 1 SE - Artikels/Articles DO - 10.5788/2-1-1128 UR - https://lexikos.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/1128 SP - AB - <b>Defining in a Learner's Dictionary</b>Because a learner's dictionary (in this case <i>Basiswoordeboek vir Afrikaans</i>) is directed at the foreign language user it stands to reason that the definitions therein will differ to a great extent from those used in a standard descriptive dictionary (for this article the <i>Nasionale Woordeboek</i>). This article discusses the differences in defining between these two types of dictionaries. The dissimilarity in the use of these dictionaries results in the main differences in defining: where the standard descriptive dictionary is used mainly for decoding, the learner's dictionary is also used for encoding of text. Therefore the definiens should be as unambiguous and user-friendly as possible. The ways in which this could be achieved are described, such as the use of full sentences, basic vocabulary, etc.   ER -