"Dialectology (from Greek διάλεκτος, dialektos, "talk, dialect"; and -λογία, -logia) is the scientific study of linguistic dialect, a sub-field of sociolinguistics."
It deals with the study of different dialects and variations in dead languages across geographical and cultural lines.
Historical Linguistics: This is the study of how languages evolve over time, including how dialects form and change.
Phonetics: This is the study of how sounds are produced in language, including how they differ between dialects.
Phonology: This is the study of how sounds are organized in language, including how dialects may have different sound patterns.
Morphology: This is the study of how words are formed in language, including how dialects may have different word formations.
Syntax: This is the study of how words are combined to form sentences in language, including how dialects may have different sentence structures.
Lexicography: This is the study of how words are defined and organized in dictionaries, including how dialects may have different vocabularies.
Sociolinguistics: This is the study of how language use is influenced by social factors such as gender, race, and social class, including how dialects may be associated with different social groups.
Language Contact: This is the study of how languages and dialects influence each other when they come into contact, including how dialects may borrow words or grammatical structures from other dialects.
Fieldwork: This is the process of collecting data on dialects through direct observation and recording of language use, including how researchers may conduct interviews or surveys to gather data.
Linguistic Atlas: This is a collection of maps and data that shows the distribution of different language features across a region or dialect, including how dialects may vary in different parts of the world.
Historical dialectology: The study of language variation and change over time. This includes the study of dead languages or extinct languages, such as Latin, Ancient Greek, or Old English.
Geographical or regional dialectology: The study of language variation across different regions or areas. This can include the study of dialects within a single country or region, or the study of dialects across different countries or continents.
Sociolinguistics: The study of language variation and change in relation to social factors, such as class, ethnicity, gender, or age. This subfield focuses on how language use reflects social identities and power relations.
Comparative dialectology: The study of language variation across different dialects or languages. This subfield aims to identify similarities and differences in language structures and use across different groups or regions.
Applied dialectology: The study of language variation in practical contexts, such as language teaching, language planning, or language policy. This subfield focuses on how language variation is used and managed in different contexts.
"It is a sub-field of sociolinguistics."
"It studies variations in language based primarily on geographic distribution and their associated features."
"Dialectologists are ultimately concerned with grammatical, lexical and phonological features that correspond to regional areas."
"They usually deal not only with populations that have lived in certain areas for generations, but also with migrant groups that bring their languages to new areas (see language contact)."
"Commonly studied concepts in dialectology include the problem of mutual intelligibility in defining languages and dialects; situations of diglossia, where two dialects are used for different functions; dialect continua including a number of dialects of varying intelligibility; and pluricentrism, where a single language has two or more standard varieties."
"Hans Kurath and William Labov are among the most prominent researchers in this field."
"It studies variations in language based primarily on geographic distribution and their associated features."
"Dialectologists are ultimately concerned with grammatical, lexical and phonological features."
"They deal with populations that have lived in certain areas for generations and migrant groups that bring their languages to new areas."
"The problem of mutual intelligibility in defining languages and dialects."
"Situations of diglossia, where two dialects are used for different functions."
"Dialect continua including a number of dialects of varying intelligibility."
"Pluricentrism, where a single language has two or more standard varieties."
"Dialectologists study language contact between migrant groups and the local populations."
"Dialectologists are ultimately concerned with grammatical, lexical and phonological features."
"The problem of mutual intelligibility in defining languages and dialects."
"Grammatical, lexical, and phonological features corresponding to regional areas."
"Dialectology is a sub-field of sociolinguistics."
"Dialectology studies variations in language based primarily on geographic distribution and their associated features."