DIALECTOLOGY


Meaning of DIALECTOLOGY in English

— dialectologic /duy'euh lek'tl oj"ik/ , dialectological , adj.

/duy'euh lek tol"euh jee/ , n. , pl. dialectologies for 2.

1. Ling. the study dealing with dialects and dialect features.

2. the linguistic features of a dialect or of the dialects of a language.

[ 1875-80; DIALECT + -O- + -LOGY ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .