Definition
dialectological
adjective
- of or relating to dialectology, the study of dialects and their characteristics, variations, and geographical distribution
Usage: academic; linguistics
Examples
- The dialectological survey examined regional speech patterns across the country.
- Her dialectological research focused on how pronunciation varies between urban and rural communities.
- Dialectological methods helped linguists map the distribution of different vowel sounds.
- The university offers a dialectological approach to understanding language variation.
- Dialectological evidence showed how the dialect had evolved over several generations.