The Fundamental Approaches to Siswati Lemmatization Process

Abstract

The objectives of this research article are to highlight and explain the significances of the fundamental approaches to Siswati dictionary compilation. The identification and functions of the parts of speech are vital during lemmatization process which involves the arrangement affixation process of semantic process and applications. The prefixes as morphological formatives need to be intensively looked at from singular to plural stance. Prefixation as a process need not to be solely looked at, but it must consider infixation and suffixation if warranted. Although, the semantics approaches and implications are basic in lexicographical products, but the phonological and morphological process are also inevitable. Lemmas are explicated from structural point of view to meanings. To arrive at the meaning of the lemmas, the prior knowledge of prosodic elements, etymological exercise and morph-phonological analysis is needed.