About The Word Philology
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Philology
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What's The Definition Of Philology?
[n] the humanistic study of language and literature
Synonyms | Synonyms for Philology: linguistics Related Terms | Find terms related to Philology: bowwow theory | comparative linguistics | derivation | descriptive linguistics | dialectology | dingdong theory | etymology | glossematics | glossology | glottochronology | glottology | grammar | graphemics | historical linguistics | language study | lexicology | lexicostatistics | linguistic geography | linguistic science | linguistics | mathematical linguistics | morphology | morphophonemics | paleography | phonetics | phonology | psycholinguistics | semantics | sociolinguistics | structuralism | syntactics | transformational linguistics See Also | arts | humanistic discipline | humanities | liberal arts Philology In Webster's Dictionary \Phi*lol"o*gy\, n. [L. philologia love of learning,
interpretation, philology, Gr. ?: cf. F. philologie. See
{Philologer}.]
1. Criticism; grammatical learning. [R.] --Johnson.
2. 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.
Note: Philology comprehends a knowledge of the etymology, or
origin and combination of words; grammar, the
construction of sentences, or use of words in language;
criticism, the interpretation of authors, the
affinities of different languages, and whatever relates
to the history or present state of languages. It
sometimes includes rhetoric, poetry, history, and
antiquities.
3. A treatise on the science of language.
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