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dialectology|daɪəlɛkˈtɒlədʒɪ|
[f. Gr. διάλεκτο-ς dialect + -logy.]
The study of dialects; that branch of philology which treats of dialects.
1879President's Addr. Philol. Soc. 32 Materials for the dialectology of a single province. 1888Sweet Eng. Sounds Pref. 12 The obscure and tortuous paths of Old English dialectology.
Hence dialecˈtologer, dialecˈtologist, one versed in dialectology; dialectoˈlogical a., pertaining to dialectology.
1879President's Addr. Philol. Soc. 32 A dialectological introduction. 1881Athenæum 23 Apr. 554/3 The county [Cornwall] presents to the dialectologer two varieties of an English dialect. 1883A. M. Elliott in Amer. Jrnl. Philol. IV. 490 The dialectologist must be fastidious indeed who would not be satisfied with this extraordinary mass of material. |