Beuke-Muir, Chrisna2014-02-192014-02-191999Beuke-Muir, C. (1999). Afrikaanse Spreekwoorde en Uitdrukkings: 'n makrostrukturele beskouing. Afrilex, 9 (1999), 258-268.http://hdl.handle.net/11070/655Afrikaanse Spreekwoorde en Uitdrukkings. A Macrostructural Study. A restricted synchronic dictionary such as Afrikaanse Spreekwoorde en Uitdrukkings has an important role to play in modem Iexirography where user-friendly reference sources facilitate communication. A considerable number of theoretical guidelines exist for the choice of lexicon items to be included in a dictionary, and this review article attempts to provide some pointers. The research also includes sociolinguistic implications which result from the compilation of the macrostructure of a particular dictionary. The focal points are firstly taboos to which lexicographers of Afrikaans􀂸 dictionaries are subjected, and secondly establishing which expressions fall within the limits of idiomatic language usage. The treatment of idiom-like collocations particularly appears to be problematic. Another issue which will be considered briefly, ls the morphological presentation of lemmas.otherProverbsSet expressionsIdiomsCollocationsBook chapter