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dialect geography

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dialect geography
n.
See linguistic geography.
dialect geography
n
(Linguistics) another term for linguistic geography
dialect geographer  n
dialect geography
the study of dialects with regard to their geographic distribution, as well as how their distribution may be affected by geography, e.g., the spread of a particular dialect being halted at a mountain range, forest belt, body of water, etc.
See also: Linguistics
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Noun1.dialect geography - the study of the geographical distribution of linguistic features
linguistic geography
linguistics - the scientific study of language


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