Planning and Macrostructural Elements for a Multilingual Culinary Dictionary of Gabonese Languages

Abstract

This paper is an account of an ongoing dictionary project. It aims to outline the main features of the planned dictionary. The project is a first of its kind in Gabonese lexicography. The current paper gives a description of the data collection and sources as well as the macrostructural issues of the forthcoming dictionary. The paper starts with a brief outline of the project background, needs and interests.

Keywords: Culinary dictionary, multilingual dictionary, data collection, macrostructural elements