Dī'a-lec-tŏl'o-gy, n.
n. [Gr. διάλεκτος, dialect, and λόγος, discourse.] That branch of philology which is devoted to the consideration of dialects. Beck.
n. [Gr. διάλεκτος, dialect, and λόγος, discourse.] That branch of philology which is devoted to the consideration of dialects. Beck.