| Lemma | dialect geography |
|---|---|
| Categoria grammaticale | N |
| Lingua | inglese |
| Sigla | Bloomfield (1935) |
| Titolo | Language |
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| Citazioni | [...] the study of local differentiations in a speech-area, 'dialect geography', supplements the use of the comparative method. Dialect geography thus gives evidence as to the former extension of linguistic features that now persist only as relic forms. [...] dialect geography not only contributes to our understanding of the extra-linguistic factors that affect the prevalence of linguistic forms, but also, through the evidence of relic forms and stratifications, supplies a great many details concerning the history of individual forms. |