linguistic geography

noun

1. dialect geography.

linguistic geography

noun

1. the study of the distribution of dialectal speech elements

Derived Forms

• linguistic geographer, noun

Other Words From

• linguistic geographer noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of linguistic geography¹

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

In tracing the story we must keep in our mind's eye the linguistic geography of Italy, just as we must remember the political geography of the peninsula in following Rome's territorial expansion.

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