Vincent M. Chanda, Lexical Engineering: Theory, Practice and Proposals for Zambian Languages

Abstract

The article shows how a Zambian or Zambian languages can be lexically developed so as to become intertranslatable in all academic disciplines, including science and technology, with languages of developed and emerging countries. It does so after discussing the main tenets of the theory or terminological research and illustrating how lexical engineering, that is, terminological development, has been achieved in a various countries, mainly, but not solely, developed countries. The article emphasizes that for terminological development to be useful at national level, it must be achieved as part of a country’s language planning (LP).