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di·a·lec·tol·o·gy

 (dī′ə-lĕk-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.
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dialectology

(ˌdaɪəlɛkˈtɒlədʒɪ)
n
(Linguistics) the study of dialects and dialectal variations
dialectological adj
ˌdiaˌlectoˈlogically adv
ˌdialecˈtologist n
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di•a•lec•tol•o•gy

(ˌdaɪ ə lɛkˈtɒl ə dʒi)

n.
the study of dialects.
[1875–80]
di`a•lec`to•log′i•cal, adj.
di`a•lec•tol′o•gist, n.
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dialectology

1. the study of dialects and dialect features.
2. the linguistic features of a dialect. — dialectician, dialectologist, n. — dialectologie, dialectological, adj.
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Noun1.dialectology - the branch of philology that is devoted to the study of dialects
philology, linguistics - the humanistic study of language and literature
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Translations
Dialektologie
dijalektologija
dialektologia
dijalektologijaдијалектологија

dialectology

[ˌdaɪəlekˈtɒlədʒɪ] Ndialectología f
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In fact, given the historic lack of educational opportunities in Italy for many Italian emigrants (especially those who left Italy before the Second World War), many never even spoke it as a second language either; rather, many members of the diaspora descend from ancestors who were what Italian dialectologists call monolingual dialettofoni ('dialectophones').
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