In the introduction to the OED, Murray displays a figure with a number of word classifications. In the middle, there are three core classes, and around them are five more.
common – everybody's shared vocabulary
literary – more used in writing
colloquial – more used in speech
Other classes:
scientific – related to a particular field of science
technical – related to a particular non-scientific field
foreign – not yet fully assimilated
dialectal – bound to a specific dialect
slang – more than colloquial and shared only within a limited group
I imagine this list could be useful when registering words. Consider adding a radio button group for them on the lexeme registration form. If we do, it might be a good idea to merge the scientific and technical classes.
This idea is even better when each user has his own lexicon. Now we don't need to consider the situation when different users describe words differently.
In the introduction to the OED, Murray displays a figure with a number of word classifications. In the middle, there are three core classes, and around them are five more.
Other classes:
I imagine this list could be useful when registering words. Consider adding a radio button group for them on the lexeme registration form. If we do, it might be a good idea to merge the scientific and technical classes.