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Introduction to the AAT

revised May 2019 For educational purposes

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For

the

AAT,

terms

and

scope

notes

may

be

in

any

language,

provided

that

there

is

warrant

and

the

term

is

expressed

in

Unicode

(Unicode

Consortium,

Unicode

7.0

(2014)).

• 
  

Note

that

a

language

designation

for

an

AAT

descriptor,

alternate

descriptor,

or

used

for

term

does

not

necessarily

mean

that

the

words

forming

the

term

possess

a

derivation

from

that

language

• 
  

It

means

only

that

this

is

a

term

used

in

that

language

• 
  

For

example,

in

English,

the

French

term

carte

‐de

‐visite

is

a

used

for

term

for

visiting

card

,^ because

the

French

term

is

often

used

in

authoritative

English

‐

language

sources,

including

standard

English

dictionaries

Languages in AAT

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