Dialectology

ahd-5
  • noun. The study of dialects.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. That branch of philology which examines the nature and relations of dialects.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. That branch of philology which is devoted to the consideration of dialects.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. the study of dialects
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. the branch of philology that is devoted to the study of dialects
    • Word Usage
    "I think that people who care about English — especially those who have seriously studied its history, grammar, dialectology, etc. — have the right to influence others, by the example of their own usage and by specific recommendations."
    cross-reference
    dialectics  
    Form
    dialectologist  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    linguistics  philology  
    Disclaimer: This site has been created by RJ Softwares and is part of the Lexulous & Wordscraper games.