1) Arts 2) French word used in English 3) Humanistic discipline 4) Humanities 5) Liberal arts 6) Linguistics 7) Literary study
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Philology is the study of language in written historical sources; it is a combination of literary criticism, history, and linguistics. It is more commonly defined as the study of literary texts and written records, the establishment of their authenticity and their original form, and the determination of their meaning. Classical philology is the ph...
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study of ancient texts; historical linguistics
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• (n.) Criticism; grammatical learning. • (n.) The study of language, especially in a philosophical manner and as a science; the investigation of the laws of human speech, the relation of different tongues to one another, and historical development of languages; linguistic science. • (n.) A treatise on the science of language.Philolo...
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a term now rarely used but once applied to the study of language and literature. Nowadays a distinction is usually made between literary and ... [9 related articles]
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1. Criticism; grammatical learning. ... 2. <study> The study of language, especially in a philosophical manner and as a science; the investigation of the laws of human speech, the relation of different tongues to one another, and historical development of languages; linguistic science. ... Philology comprehends a knowledge of the etymology, o...
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The branch of knowledge which deals with the study of the history of language and literature. Historical linguistics
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Phi·lol'o·gy noun [ Latin
philologia love of learning, interpretation, philology, Greek ...: confer French
philologie . See
Philologer .]
1. Criticism; grammatical learning. [ R.]
Johnson. 2. The study of language, especially in a philosophical manner and...
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Philology is the study of languages, especially as regards their historical development and their mutual points of contact, their internal structure and external groupings. Philology first started among the ancient Greeks and Romans, and then lay dormant until the Renaissance.
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Philology is the branch of knowledge that deals with the structure, historical development, and relationships of a language or languages. Some one who studies philology or is an authority on philology is known as a philologist.
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philology, philologist 1. The study of written records, especially literary texts, in order to determine their authenticity, meaning, etc. 2. Originally, the love of learning and literature; study; scholarship.
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noun the humanistic study of language and literature
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In historical linguistics, the study of the development of languages. It is also an obsolete term for the study of literature. In this sense the scholars of Alexandria, who edited the Greek epics of Homer, were philologists. The Renaissance gave great impetus to this kind of study. Dutch scholars took the lead in the 17th century while Richard Bent...
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the humanistic study of language and literature
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the humanistic study of language and literature
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[Intelligent words] the humanistic study of language and literature
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the humanistic study of language and literature
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