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philology

[ UK /fɪlˈɒləd‍ʒi/ ]
NOUN
  1. the humanistic study of language and literature

How To Use philology In A Sentence

  • The main linguistic tool employed for reconstructing languages is the comparative method or comparative philology, first developed by Sir William Jones, an Englishman living in India.
  • Currently, linguists generally prefer the synchronic study of spoken language to the diachronic comparison of words in texts, and have tended to regard philology as pre-scientific.
  • The highly flexible nature of the studia humanitatis encouraged the study of a variety of new disciplines, such as classical philology, literature, history, and moral philosophy.
  • It is not that I cannot write to you; should you doubt it, take the following fragment, which was intended for you some time ago, and be convinced that I can antithesize sentiment, and circumvolute periods, as well as any coiner of phrase in the regions of philology. The Letters of Robert Burns
  • Margaret Kunkle, Oct. 4, 1923; specialist in dermatology and syphilology, Greensburg, 1920 -; capt.med. corps U.S. A. 1917-19; attached to British army; Presbyterian. Alumni History of the University of North Carolina
  • The relationship between reading, understanding and the construction of consciousness has been extensively studied in philology and in hermeneutic and phenomenological philosophy, which Manguel does not discuss.
  • Indeed, I think law and philology are closely related disciplines and law could learn a lot more from philology (and American legalese is interesting to me as an amateur philologist for a rather unusual reason*). The Volokh Conspiracy » Debating Textualism
  • One principle of editing arises from the rich tradition of textual criticism in philology.
  • Currently, linguists generally prefer the synchronic study of spoken language to the diachronic comparison of words in texts, and have tended to regard philology as pre-scientific.
  • Both a study in philology and a history of ideas, The American Language continued in the tradition of Webster and Whitman to defend American English against its detractors.
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