ABSTRACT
Conventionally, the names of countries or regions are used in dictionary entries in two ways: either as elements within the text of definitions that point to a restriction on the geographical distribution of the denotata of words; or as descriptive labels that point to restrictions on the usage of words. Görlach makes a similar distinction:
Careful lexicographers distinguish between senses which are regional because they concern referents only found in one area (‘in Australia’, ‘an Australian plant … ’) and those which are different because the referent would be designated by a different word in BrE (British English, ‘AusE’).
