Lexikos is a peer-reviewed

Peer review

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 academic journal

Academic journal

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 in the field of lexicography

Lexicography

Lexicography is divided into two related disciplines:*Practical lexicography is the art or craft of compiling, writing and editing dictionaries....

, established in 1991. It is currently 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 current editor in chief

Editor in chief

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 is Johan C. M. D. du Plessis.

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

Computer science

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 or general linguistics

Theoretical linguistics

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.

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

External links

• African Association for Lexicography homepage