Definition of "dialectology" []

• The study of dialects. (noun)

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• "I think that people who care about English — especially those who have seriously studied its history, grammar, dialectology, etc. — have the right to influence others, by the example of their own usage and by specific recommendations."
• "Two of his students have had bibliographies written for his class published; one, Michael Fody, had his paper appear in the outstanding journal of the world in the field of dialectology, Orbis (Belgium)"
• "Is there some subtle complication in Hawaiian orthography or dialectology that I'm missing?"