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isogloss

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i·so·gloss  (s-glôs, -gls)
n.
A geographic boundary line delimiting the area in which a given linguistic feature occurs.
[iso- + Greek glssa, language, tongue.]
iso·glossal adj.
isogloss [ˈaɪsəʊˌglɒs]
n
(Linguistics) a line drawn on a map around the area in which a linguistic feature is to be found, such as a particular pronunciation of a given word
isoglossal , isoglottic adj
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97 (2)), Kent is outside the area enclosed by the isogloss which marks this change to i- in the map.
Old English ea in Middle Kentish place-names by Diaz, Maria Auxiliadora Martin / Studia Anglica Posnaniensia: international review of English Studies
[FIGURE 10 OMITTED] [FIGURE 11 OMITTED] If an expression exceptional to the other Finnic dialects occurs in Finnish or North Estonian dialects, its isogloss often approximates the boundary of the language, e.
A geolinguistic comparison of some Finnic lexical issues/[TEXT NOT ... by Oja, Vilja / Linguistica Uralica
That isogloss is also the one least constrained by data, except in Berks/Oxon (Kitson 1993: 16).
The dialect position of the Old English Orosius by Kitson, Peter / Studia Anglica Posnaniensia: international review of English Studies
 
 
 
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