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dialectological

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di⋅a⋅lec⋅tol⋅o⋅gy

  [dahy-uh-lek-tol-uh-jee]
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–noun, plural -gies for 2.
1. Linguistics. the study dealing with dialects and dialect features.
2. the linguistic features of a dialect or of the dialects of a language.
Origin:
1875–80; dialect + -o- + -logy

Related forms:
di⋅a⋅lec⋅to⋅log⋅ic  [dahy-uh-lek-tl-oj-ik] , di⋅a⋅lec⋅to⋅log⋅i⋅cal, adjective
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di·a·lec·tol·o·gy   (dī'ə-lěk-tŏl'ə-jē)   
n.  The study of dialects.
di'a·lec'to·log'i·cal (-tə-lŏj'ĭ-kəl) adj., di'a·lec'to·log'i·cal·ly adv., di'a·lec·tol'o·gist n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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