An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
DIALECTOLOGY
dialectology
(noun) the branch of philology that is devoted to the study of dialects
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
dialectology (usually uncountable, plural dialectologies)
The study of dialects.
Source: Wiktionary
Di`a*lec*tol"o*gy, n. Etym: [Dialect + -logy.]
Definition: That branch of philology which is devoted to the consideration of dialects. Beck.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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