Definition of Isogloss. Meaning of Isogloss. Synonyms of Isogloss

- An isogloss, also called a heterogloss, is the geographic boundary of a certain linguistic feature, such as the pronunciation of a vowel, the meaning of...
- its division of north and south dialects. It is close to the north/south isogloss of the three key hallmarks of Northern English and Southern English: foot–strut...
- labiovelars merged with the plain velars. The centum–satem division forms an isogloss in synchronic descriptions of Indo-European languages. It is no longer...
- line (French: ligne Joret; Norman: lène Joret: Picard: line Joret) is an isogloss that divides the langues d'oïl. Dialects north and west of it preserve...
- linguistics, the Benrath line (German: Benrather Linie) is the maken–machen isogloss: dialects north of the line have the original /k/ in maken (to make), while...
- Isogloss for the pronunciation of "R" (c. 1960), being alveolar north of the boundary and uvular ("French R") south of it. It follows that the R+S combination...
- as a voiced uvular fricative [ʁ]) for the Swedish phoneme /r/. A major isogloss runs straight through Småland in a rough line from the border to Västergötland...
- Dutch: Uerdinger linie; named after Uerdingen by Georg Wenker) is the isogloss within West Germanic languages that separates dialects which preserve the...
- (Ikavian, Ijekavian or Ekavian), and third is presence of Young Proto-Slavic isogloss (Schakavian or Shtakavian). Modern dialectology generally recognises seven...
- from Northern Germany (Low German/Low Franconian) by the Benrath line isogloss and separated from Southern Germany (Upper German) by the Speyer line....