Georg Wenker. Originally, the study of Dialectology was a sub-discipline of the study of sociolinguistics.Sociolinguistics can be traced back as far back as 5 BCE in India, however it was only really ...

See Development of Dialectology for further information on the BBC Voices Project. Displaying dialects: Interpretive Maps. Interpretive maps are used to divide areas where different variants are used.

Dialectology, however, seems not to be something that has greatly interested Filipinos, even if sociolinguistics traces its origins to the study of dialects and variation. SOCIOLINGUISTICS, the study ...