What French for Gabonese French Lexicography?

  • Blanche Nyangone Assam Department of Foreign Languages, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, South Africa
  • Hugues Steve Ndinga-Koumba-Binza Centre for Text Technology, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa and Département des Sciences du Langage, Université Omar Bongo, Libreville, Gabon
  • Virginie Ompoussa Département des Sciences du Langage, Université Omar Bongo, Libreville, Gabon
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5788/26-1-1353
Keywords: Gabonese lexicography, French, Gabonese languages, language diversity, dictionaries

Abstract

This paper is a response to Mavoungou (2013a) who has pleaded for the production of a dictionary of Gabonese French as variant B of the French language. The paper intends to comprehend the concept of "Gabonese French". It gives an outline of the situation of French within the language diversity of Gabon as a contribution to the theoretical perspective toward the inception of Gabonese French lexicography. Answers are given to the following questions: What French is described in existing Gabonese French studies? What French is and should be presented in Gabonese French dictionary production?
Published
2016-11-17
How to Cite
Nyangone Assam, B., Ndinga-Koumba-Binza, H. S., & Ompoussa, V. (2016). What French for Gabonese French Lexicography?. Lexikos, 26(1). https://doi.org/10.5788/26-1-1353
Issue
Vol. 26 (2016)
Section
Artikels/Articles

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