[Lexicog] Variants

[Crockett]

I have a question about lexical variants. Assuming a dictionary is written
in one primary dialect, does a variant have to refer only to variant
spellings of a word from the primary dialect? What if the word from the
primary dialect is pronounced with a slight difference in a minor dialect?
Could that not be called a dialectical variant? Or would it have to be
called a synonym since it is not a variant from the primary dialect? How
narrow is the term "variant"? How have you used this term "variant" in your
own dictionaries?

Thanks,
Dave



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