TEI Lex-0

• att.scope
  • @scope

In a monolingual dictionary, where the object language and the working language are the same, one should list each as a separate <language> element with a specific role attribute. A human-readable, informal prose characterization should be supplied as content for the element. When the human-readable name(s) of languages are provided in multiple languages, the attribute xml:lang should be used to indicate what language is used to name the given object or working language.

A bilingual dictionary could be documented as having two object languages. In those cases, however, it is recommended -- and more precise -- to describe each object language as either a source language or a target language.

<langUsage>
 <language ident="ru" role="objectLanguage" xml:lang="ru">Русский литературный язык XIX века</language>
 <language ident="ru" role="workingLanguage" xml:lang="ru">Современный русский язык</language>
 <language ident="ru" role="objectLanguage" xml:lang="en">19th-century literary Russian</language>
 <language ident="ru" role="workingLanguage" xml:lang="en">Modern Russian</language>
</langUsage>

<langUsage>
 <language ident="chu" role="sourceLanguage">Old Church Slavic</language>
 <language ident="la" role="targetLanguage">Latin</language>
 <language ident="grc" role="targetLanguage">(Premodern) Greek</language>
</langUsage>

<content>
 <textNode/>
</content>
    ⚓

element language
{
   att.scope.attributes,
   attribute role
   {
      "objectLanguage"
    | "workingLanguage"
    | "sourceLanguage"
    | "targetLanguage"
   },
   attribute ident { text },
   attribute usage { text }?,
   text
}⚓