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philology::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | linguistics |
| Type of | arts, humanistic discipline, humanities, liberal arts |
| Has types | dialectology, lexicology |
| Derivation | philological, philologist |
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The Grimm brothers went on to make great and lasting contributions to philology.
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Later he changed his academic direction, focusing on philology and ancient history.
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Mr. Massera studied philology as a young man and obsessed over the use of language.
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In Arabic and Maltese philology the sun letters represent coronal consonants.
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Outlines of comparative philology, with a sketch of the languages of Europe.
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He was sometimes, but most unjustly, charged with taking a narrow view of philology.
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In 1982, he introduced the philosophy of Neohumanism and several volumes on philology.
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The publishing of such sources requires knowledge of text philology and other fields.
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University of California publications in Semitic philology, Volumes 11-12.
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- Linguistics: the humanistic study of language and literature
- (philological) of or relating to or dealing with philology
- (philologist) a humanist specializing in classical scholarship
- (philological) Of or pertaining to the history of literature and words; Pertaining to historical linguistics
- (philologist) A person who engages in philology (historical linguistics), especially as a profession; a collector of words and their etymologies
- (philologist) someone who studies linguistics.
- The comparative study of human speech and literature, especially those aspects useful for understanting population movements and cross-cultural interactions in the past. See also linguistics and linguistic anthropology.
- Historical and comparative linguistics; philology is concerned with the changes in languages over time, and relies heavily on comparisons between different languages. It is primarily a diachronic discipline, which means it is somewhat out of favor nowadays.
- Discipline concerned with the establishment and study of texts at all levels of analysis ; it is the foundation of linguistics.
