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dialect geography

–noun Linguistics.
the study of regional dialect variation.

Origin:
1925–30


dialect geographer, noun
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dialect geography  
n.  See linguistic geography.
linguistic geography  
n.  The branch of linguistics that involves the study of regional variations of speech forms. Also called dialect geography.
linguistic geographer n.
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