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lectology

lectology noun: the study of lects.

Noun

lectology (uncountable)

  1. (rare) The study of lects.
    • It was only during the last decade that more overtly systematic types of comparisons between sociolects began to appear to any extent. Quite clearly, this can be traced to the developments in the study of nonstandard dialects which took place in the United States during the 1960’s; in particular...1978 July, Walt Wolfram, “Contrastive Linguistics and Social Lectology”, in Language Learning, volume 28, number 1, →DOI, page 3

Origin of lectology

From lect + -o- + -logy.

Words formed from lectology

Questions about lectology

What does lectology mean?
Lectology means the study of lects.
What part of speech is lectology?
Lectology is a noun.

Words near lectology in the dictionary

  1. lections
  2. lectisternia
  3. lectisternium
  4. lectisterniums
  5. lectological
  6. lectology
  7. lector
  8. lectorate
  9. lectorates
  10. lectored
  11. lectorial

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