Dialectology

/dˌaɪəlɪktˈɒlədʒi/

/dˌaɪəlɪktˈɑːlədʒi/

Dialectology

a branch of linguistics that examines and analyzes the variations in language, such as pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar, and usage, within specific geographic regions or social groups, with a focus on studying different dialects and their characteristics

Examples

1. A lot of them do field work on dialectology in this country, or dialectology abroad.

2. A lot of them do field work on dialectology in this country, or dialectology abroad.

3. Anyway, you may even have encountered some of the fruits of English dialectology here on YouTube.

4. One of the earliest kinds of sociolinguistics was dialectology: trying to map out all of the regional variations of a given language.