dialectology

di·a·lec·tol·o·gy

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [dahy-uh-lek-tol-uh-jee]
- /ˌdaɪ ə lɛkˈtɒl ə dʒi/
- /ˌdaɪə.lek.ˈtɒ.lə.dʒɪ/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [dahy-uh-lek-tol-uh-jee]
- /ˌdaɪ ə lɛkˈtɒl ə dʒi/

Definitions of dialectology word

noun dialectology the study of dialects and dialectal variations 3
noun dialectology the scientific study of dialects 3
noun plural dialectology Linguistics. the study dealing with dialects and dialect features. 1
noun plural dialectology the linguistic features of a dialect or of the dialects of a language. 1
noun dialectology The branch of linguistics concerned with the study of dialects. 1

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Origin of dialectology

First appearance:

before 1875

One of the 25% newest English words

First recorded in 1875-80; dialect + -o- + -logy

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Parts of speech for Dialectology

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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dialectology popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 50% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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Synonyms for dialectology

noun dialectology

linguistics — the science of language, including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, and historical linguistics.
phonology — the study of the distribution and patterning of speech sounds in a language and of the tacit rules governing pronunciation.
morphology — the branch of biology dealing with the form and structure of organisms.
semantics — Linguistics. the study of meaning. the study of linguistic development by classifying and examining changes in meaning and form.
grammar — the study of the way the sentences of a language are constructed; morphology and syntax.

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