diatopic
diatopic adjective: concerned with or relating to the ways in which language varies regionally or across geography.
Adjective
diatopic (not comparable)
- Concerned with or relating to the ways in which language varies regionally or across geography.
- The variant forms of textual tradition, relevant on the level of the diachronic and diatopic study of the text, were irrelevant on the level of the single manuscript.1989, William Veder, Texts of Closed Tradition – The Key to the Manuscript Heritage of Old Rus’
- Synonyms:
- dialectal
Synonyms of diatopic
Origin of diatopic
From dia- + -topic.
Words formed from diatopic
Questions about diatopic
- What does diatopic mean?
- Diatopic means concerned with or relating to the ways in which language varies regionally or across geography.
- What part of speech is diatopic?
- Diatopic is an adjective.
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