RT Book,_Section T1 Dialectal variation A1 Sousa Fernández, Xulio A2 Sousa Fernández, Xulio A2 González Seoane, Ernesto Xosé K1 Dialectology K1 Dialectal variation K1 Galician dialects K1 Geolinguistics AB This chapter outlines of the main patterns of spatial variation in contemporary Galician at the phonological, morphosyntactic and lexical levels. The first two sections discuss some aspects linked to the history of the study of Galician dialects and the dialectal documentation work carried out in the last century. The following section presents a list of phonetic, morphosyntactic and lexical variables within the Galician linguistic domain. This is followed by a characterisation of the main dialectal varieties based on the classification propositions made in recent years. The contribution concludes with an exposition on the relationship between dialects and standard language, on the vitality of dialectal varieties at present and the study of linguistic changes in these varieties. PB De Gruyter YR 2025 FD 2025-01 LK https://hdl.handle.net/10347/44955 UL https://hdl.handle.net/10347/44955 LA eng NO Sousa, Xulio (2025). Dialectal Variation. En Xulio Sousa & Ernesto González Seoane (eds.). Manual of Galician Linguistics. 217-242. Berlín/New York: De Gruyter. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110417449-010 DS Minerva RD 5 jun 2026