vocabulary

Scope Note

Relative paucity or richness of vocabulary; range of vocabulary in ordinary use; receptivity to loan words; elaboration of vocabulary in particular directions; special vocabularies (e.g., sacred words, slang, legal language, technical words, occupational jargon); words and phrases with strong emotional connotations; dictionaries; etc. For native terms concerning ideas about nature and humans, see appropriate "Ideas about Nature and People" (82*) categories.

Identifier

Broader Term

• 190 language

Related Terms

• 103 place names
• 104 glossary
• 551 personal names
• 552 names of animals and things
• 601 kinship terminology
• 802 numeration
• 820 ideas about nature and people
• 824 ethnobotany
• 825 ethnozoology