KnowraDialectologyLinked fromLinked fromThe 8 pages that link to Dialectology, each with the reason it gives.All 8Related 3Narrower topic 4Compared with 1SociolinguisticsRelated: It overlaps with sociolinguistics but has often emphasized regional distribution.NeogrammariansCompared with: Dialect evidence complicated claims that sound changes were uniform across all speech communities.IsoglossNarrower topic: Isoglosses are a basic mapping tool in the study of dialects.William LabovNarrower topic: Labov broadened dialect study by connecting geographic patterns to social variation and change.Phonemic mergerNarrower topic: Merger patterns distinguish dialects even when speakers share most of their vocabulary.MonophthongizationRelated: Mapping where diphthongs become monophthongs reveals geographic patterns of sound change.Linguistic descriptionRelated: Dialect surveys describe how forms vary across places and communities.Vladimir DalNarrower topic: Dal’s regional word records offer historical material for studying Russian dialects.