Choose the correct option to complete the following sentence:
Nisha noticed that people in Varanasi and in Jaipur use different words and accents for the same things in Hindi, so she chose ______ for her college project.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → Dialectology
Complete sentence: Nisha noticed that people in Varanasi and in Jaipur use different words and accents for the same things in Hindi, so she chose dialectology for her college project.
| Word | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|
| (1) Dialectology (answer) | the study of the local forms of a language, such as the words, accents and grammar used in different regions | Recording old farmers in villages near Mysuru was the first step of Kiran’s dialectology research on Kannada. |
| (2) Etymology | the study of where words come from and how their meanings have changed | Our teacher used etymology to show how the word ‘bungalow’ travelled from Bengal into English. |
| (3) Semantics | the study of the meanings of words and sentences | In the semantics class, we discussed why ‘cool’ can describe both the weather and a person. |
| (4) Lexicography | the work of writing and editing dictionaries | Mr Bose spent thirty years in lexicography and helped prepare a large Bengali dictionary. |