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DIALECT GEOGRAPHY [1 record]

Record 1 1994-09-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Language (General)
DEF

Local or regional variations of a language or dialect as a field of study or knowledge.

OBS

Cf. also Thomas A. Sebeok, ed., Diachronic, Areal and Typological Linguistics. Vol. II of Current Trends in Linguistics. The Hague: Mouton, 1973.

Key term(s)
  • dialect geography

French

Domaine(s)
  • Linguistique (Généralités)
DEF

En dialectologie, étude des aires linguistiques.

Spanish

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