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DIALECT GEOGRAPHY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does dialect geography mean?
• DIALECT GEOGRAPHY (noun)
The noun DIALECT GEOGRAPHY has 1 sense:
1. the study of the geographical distribution of linguistic features
Familiarity information: DIALECT GEOGRAPHY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The study of the geographical distribution of linguistic features
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
dialect geography; linguistic geography
Hypernyms ("dialect geography" is a kind of...):
linguistics (the scientific study of language)
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