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DIALECTOLOGY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does dialectology mean?
• DIALECTOLOGY (noun)
The noun DIALECTOLOGY has 1 sense:
1. the branch of philology that is devoted to the study of dialects
Familiarity information: DIALECTOLOGY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The branch of philology that is devoted to the study of dialects
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("dialectology" is a kind of...):
linguistics; philology (the humanistic study of language and literature)
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