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DIALECT GEOGRAPHY

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Dictionary entry overview: What does dialect geography mean?

• DIALECT GEOGRAPHY (noun)
The noun DIALECT GEOGRAPHY has 1 sense:

1. the study of the geographical distribution of linguistic features

Familiarity information: DIALECT GEOGRAPHY used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• DIALECT GEOGRAPHY (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

The study of the geographical distribution of linguistic features

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

dialect geography; linguistic geography

Hypernyms ("dialect geography" is a kind of...):

linguistics (the scientific study of language)

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