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Definition of Dialectology

1. Noun. The branch of philology that is devoted to the study of dialects.

Definition of Dialectology

1. n. That branch of philology which is devoted to the consideration of dialects.

Definition of Dialectology

1. Noun. the study of dialects ¹

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Definition of Dialectology

1. [n -GIES]

Medical Definition of Dialectology

1. That branch of philology which is devoted to the consideration of dialects. Origin: Dialect. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Dialectology

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"... phonetic studies (although they began in German researches) has been duly recognized in the country of their origin, and dialectology has not hitherto ..."

2. A Grammar of the New Testament Diction: Intended as an Introduction to the by Georg Benedikt Winer (1860)
"... acute scholars of Modern Greece, turned to admirable account, in editions of the classics, his familiarity with Greek pronunciation and dialectology. ..."

3. The Sounds and Inflections of the Greek Dialects: Ionic by Herbert Weir Smyth (1894)
"... theory of dialectology it must not be overlooked that he thought the language of the epos was not that of an actual dialect. ..."

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