taboo to denote such a group of words to show limitations on use.
sl -this label denotes a group of words inventive & often colourful items generally used in a very informal spoken context. Such an item usually belongs to or originate in the language of a particular social or occupation group (e.g. soldiers, nurses, prisoner s).
In LDELC this label has practically the same meaning but is found in the other group of labels which deals with the situations and often this label is used with the label taboo infml - denotes informal words & meanings, i.e. those indicating a close personal relationship & an unofficial occasion or getting
fml - denotes formal words & meanings, i.e. those chosen when speaking or writing in a serious or an official context to someone who is not a close friend or relation. These labels are grouped together with the label sl in LDELC.
rhet - rhetorical items are associated with writing or speech on seri ous or elevated themes, especially on very formal occasions. the use of such words elsewhere suggests a self-consciously pompous speaker or writer.
There is no such a label in LDELC, but this very label juxtapose with the label rhet in LERD & ERD. Thus we may infer that this group of labels denote the words belonging to practically all the layers of the word-stock of the English Language.(Appendix IV,VI).
Evaluation, labels denoting a particular attitude towards the person, thing or action referred to.
derog - that one desapprovse of or scorns the person or thing referred to or described by those.
approv - the opposite of derogatory ones, they suggest approval of or admiration for the thing or person referred to or described.
offensive - words to address or refer to people usually with the delibarate intention of their race or religion
euph - to refer to something unpleasant or painful in a pleasant (because more indirect) way.
In LDELC the label derog is opposed to the label apprec & there is no such a label as approv. The label offensive is not presented in this dictionary.
iron - the label denotes words that are intended to convey a sense opposite to the apparent sense.
fig - a figurative sense of a word is a non -literal (often metaforical) sense which can be related by native speakers to an original in the past, but it is no longer perceived, the label is not u sed.
The label iron is not given in LDELC, the label fig though represented in this dictionary, is not considered as the stylistical one.
joc - label, denoting words which are considered to be funny, whethergrim or innocent humor is meant. This label is close to humor LDELC though they are still different,
sexsist - label denotes words that express (sometimes uncontious) discriminatory or patronizing attitude towards someone of the opposite sex. They are almost always words used by men about or to women & can be used to express approval in a man-to-man context
Thi s label is rather new and modern and it is connected with the woman's movement. In LDELC this label is absent.
5. Technical fields - words & meanings which are normaly confined to technical use botany
Chemistry
Architecture
Law physics
Medical art
Anat my cinema or TV
Grammar computing
Music
The terms covering the technical fields are more wildely represented in OALED than in LDELC. In LDELC we find the labels law, med, naut, tech, denoting the technical fields & belonging to the group, which shows special fields or subjects. The label tech covers all the labels which are not represented in LDELC, but are widly used in OALED.
If the classifications of labels in LDELC & OALED are close to each other somehow, we can't say the same of WNCD. This Dictionary differentiate three types of status labels. They are temporal, regional & stylistic. The stylistic labels are con sidered here as a signal that a word or a sense of a word is not part of the standard vocabulary of English.(Appendix III)
The temporal label
obs - for obsolete - means that there i s no evidence of use since 1755.
archaic - means that a word or sense once in common use is found today only sporadically or in special contexts. The label obs is not used neither in LDELC nor in OALED.
Galperin I.R. gives the following definition of the word obsolete - is a group of archaic words that have already gone completely out of use bu t are still recogni zed by the English -speaking community,
2. Regional labels denote words which are limited in use to a specif ic region of the US. The labels here correspond loosely to one of the areas defined in Hans Kurath's Word Geography of the Ea stern United States. The adverb chiefly presents a label when the word has some currency outside the specified region & a double label is used to indicate considerable currency in each of two specific regions.
NewEng South chiefly North Southwest West Midland Northaest.