Lexikos and AFRILEX--A Perfect Lexicographic Liaison/ Lexikos en AFRILEX--Perfekte leksikografiese samewerking

After in-depth discussions with interested parties in 1991 the Bureau of the Woordeboek van die Afrikaanse Taal (WAT) realized that the future of Afrikaans is inextricably connected with that of the other existing and utilized languages in South Africa. One of the results of the discussions was the establishment in 1991 of an academic journal Lexikos in the AFRILEX Series. An external feasibility study was also conducted on behalf of the Board of Control of the Bureau of the WAT to determine the possibility for the establishment of an Institute for Southern African Lexicography. The results of the feasibility study indicated that respondents did not want another bureaucratic institution. A major result of the feasibility study, however, was the establishment in 1995 of a professional association, the African Association for Lexicography, that concentrates exclusively on lexicographical issues. The Bureau of the WAT gave permission to the new association to use the acronym "AFRILEX". The Pan-South African Language Board (PanSALB), also established in 1995, was a direct consequence of the country's new multilingual dispensation. The legislation governing PanSALB was amended to allow for equal justice to all dictionary projects for the official South African languages. This led to the establishment of national lexicography units for each of the official South African languages. Both the activities of AFRILEX and the articles published in Lexikos have a huge influence on the activities of the national lexicography units. Keywords: ASSOCIATION, COMMUNICATION, DICTIONARY, FEASIBILITY STUDY, JOURNAL, LANGUAGE FOR SPECIAL PURPOSES, LEGISLATION, LEXICOGRAPHY, NATIONAL LEXICOGRAPHY UNITS, TERMINOGRAPHY, TERMINOLOGY Na diepgaande samespreking met belanghebbendes in 1991 het die Buro van die Woorde-boek van die Afrikaanse Taal (WAT) besef dat Afrikaans se toekoms onlosmaaklik verbind is aan die ander tale wat in Suid-Afrika bestaan en gebruik word. Een van die uitvloeisels van die same-sprekings was die totstandkoming in 1991 van 'n vaktydskrif Lexikos in die AFRILEX-reeks. Die Beheerraad van die Buro van die WAT het ook 'n eksterne lewensvatbaarheidstudie laat doen om die moontlikheid vir die stigting van 'n Instituut vir Suider-Afrikaanse Leksikografie te bepaal. Die resultate van die lewensvatbaarheidstudie het getoon dat respondente nie nog 'n burokratiese instelling wou he nie. 'n Verdere uitvloeisel van die lewensvatbaarheidstudie was egter die stigting in 1995