dialectology: Meaning and Definition of

di•a•lec•tol•o•gy

Pronunciation: (dī"u-lek-tol'u-jē), [key]
— pl. -gies
  1. the study dealing with dialects and dialect features.
  2. the linguistic features of a dialect or of the dialects of a language.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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