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linguistic geography

noun

dialect geography.

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Nearby words

  1. linguistic analysis,
  2. linguistic area,
  3. linguistic atlas,
  4. linguistic borrowing,
  5. linguistic form,
  6. linguistic philosophy,
  7. linguistic stock,
  8. linguistic universal,
  9. linguistical,
  10. linguistician

Origin of linguistic geography

First recorded in 1925–30
Related formslinguistic geographer, noun
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British Dictionary definitions for linguistic geography

linguistic geography

noun

the study of the distribution of dialectal speech elements
Derived Formslinguistic geographer, noun
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