class_type - source

One of the main sources of spelling variation in the Lexicon comes from the distinction between British English and American (US) English. The class_type=source tag allows for the classification of spelling variants as British English variants. Note that although the language attribute is termed 'British', Australia and Canada often use British English variants rather than American ones. If there are terms used exclusively in e.g. Australia and not Britain, this will be specified in the annotation slot.

Also included in this tag are foreign-language borrowings into English. The source of these terms is therefore listed as the language of origin for the borrowing. Options for the source are: {British, Canadian, French, German, Greek, Italian, Latin, Other}. When the language of origin is not included in the list, the filler Other is used, and the language origin information is given in the annotations slot. The syntax format is class_type=source|arg1|arg2

where:

• The argument of the source|arg1|arg2 codes are:
  • arg1: base form
  • arg2: source language option, as shown in the following table:

    Code	Notes
    british	British
    canadian	Canadian
    french	French
    german	German
    greek	Greek
    italian	Italian
    latin	Latin
    other	Other, add the source language to the annotation field if this code is chosen.
    spanish	Spanish

• Example:
  •     class_type=source|colour|british
  •     class_type=source|bonafide|latin