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geolinguistics

geolinguistics noun: an academic discipline involving the analysis and implications of the geographical location, distribution and structure of language varieties within a temporal framework, either in isolation or in contact and/or conflict with one another.

Noun

geolinguistics (uncountable)

  1. An academic discipline involving the analysis and implications of the geographical location, distribution and structure of language varieties within a temporal framework, either in isolation or in contact and/or conflict with one another.

Origin of geolinguistics

From geo- + linguistics.

Questions about geolinguistics

What does geolinguistics mean?
Geolinguistics means an academic discipline involving the analysis and implications of the geographical location, distribution and structure of language varieties within a temporal framework, either in isolation or in contact and/or conflict with one another.
What part of speech is geolinguistics?
Geolinguistics is a noun.

Words near geolinguistics in the dictionary

  1. geolibertarians
  2. geolimnological
  3. geolinguist
  4. geolinguistic
  5. geolinguistically
  6. geolinguistics
  7. geolinguists
  8. geolithological
  9. geolithologies
  10. geolithology
  11. geolocalisation

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