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An investigation into lemmatization in Southern Sotho

Lemmatization refers to the process whereby a lexicographer
assigns a specific place in a dictionary to a word which he
regards as the most basic form amongst other related forms. The
fact that in Bantu languages formative elements can be added to
one another in an often seemingly interminable series till quite
long words are produced, evokes curiosity as far as lemmatization
is concerned. Being aware of the productive nature of Southern
Sotho it is interesting to observe how lexicographers go about
handling the question of morphological complexities they are
normally faced with in the process of arranging lexical items.
This study has shown that some difficulties are encountered as
far as adhering to the traditional method of alphabetization is
concerned. It does not aim at proposing solutions but does point
out some considerations which should be borne in mind in the
process of lemmatization. / African Languages / M.A. (African Languages)

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:unisa/oai:uir.unisa.ac.za:10500/17302
Date01 1900
CreatorsMakgabutlane, Kelebohile Hilda
ContributorsKosch, I. M., Kock, L. J.
Source SetsSouth African National ETD Portal
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeDissertation
Format1 online resource (133 leaves), application/pdf

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