Philology

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Philology \Phi*lol"o*gy\ (f[i^]*l[o^]l"[-o]*j[y^]), n. [L.
     philologia love of learning, interpretation, philology, Gr.
     filologi`a: cf. F. philologie. See {Philologer}.]
     1. Criticism; grammatical learning. [R.] --Johnson.
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     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.
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     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.
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     3. A treatise on the science of language.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  philology
       n : the humanistic study of language and literature [syn: {linguistics}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  32 Moby Thesaurus words for "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