Lexikos at eighteen: an analysis

Abstract

At eighteen, Lexikos became a major player in the field of linguistics, by being
awarded an Impact Factor. This article presents a double analysis of the foundation that led to this
success. On the one hand a thorough statistical study is undertaken with regard to all contributors
and their contributions to Lexikos. To this end a metadata database was designed, with the aim to
answer the question: 'Who publishes what type of material from where and when?' On the other
hand a content analysis is carried out which focuses on the actual topics (i.e. 'keywords') in Lexikos.
To this end an all-inclusive text corpus containing all the Lexikos material was built, with the aim to
answer the question: 'What are the major trends in Lexikos?'

Keywords: lexikos, lexicography, metalexicography, dictionaries, lexicographers,
metadata database, text corpus, contributions, contributors,
affiliations, statistics, trends, english, afrikaans, bantu