Philology Definition

fĭ-lŏlə-jē
noun
The love of learning and literature; study; scholarship.
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Linguistics.

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The study of written records, esp. literary texts, in order to determine their authenticity, meaning, etc.
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philology
Plural:
philologies

Origin of Philology

  • Middle English philologie from Latin philologia love of learning from Greek philologiā from philologos fond of learning or of words philo- philo- logos reason, speech –logy

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • First coined 1614, from Old French philologie, from Ancient Greek φιλολογία (philologia, “love of argument or reasoning, love of learning and literature"), from φίλος (philos, “loved, beloved, dear, friend") + λόγος (logos).

    From Wiktionary

Philology Sentence Examples

  • He studied philology and theology in Berlin and Breslau.

  • Current periodicals are Hollandsche revue, monthly; De Gids (1837), monthly; De nieuwe Gids (1886), monthly; De Architect, bi-monthly; Caecilia (for music); Tijdschrift voor Strafrecht; Museum, for philology (1893), monthly; Tijdschrift voor nederlandsche taal en letterkunde; Nederlandsch Archievenblad; De Paleograaf; Elseviers geillustreerd Maandschrift, monthly; Groot Nederland, monthly.

  • On the whole, greater weight is due to the evidence from botanical sources than to that derived from philology, particularly since the discovery both of the wild almond and of a form like a wild peach in Afghanistan.

  • In 1843 he was appointed professor of philology at Kiel and director of the archaeological museum founded by himself in co-operation with Otto Jahn.

  • The strife, which reflects the controversy between the "analogists" and the "anomalists" in philology, continued long after their death.

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