Philology



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• n. 语文学, 文学语言学
• ［记］ phil ( 爱) +ology ( 语言) -> 语言学

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Etymology: French philologie, from Latin philologia love of learning and literature, from Greek, from philologos fond of learning and literature, from phil- + logos word, speech — more at legend
• Date: 1612
• 1. the study of literature and of disciplines relevant to literature or to language as used in literature
• 2.
  • a. linguistics; especially historical and comparative linguistics
  • b. the study of human speech especially as the vehicle of literature and as a field of study that sheds light on cultural history
• ? philological adjective
• ? philologically adverb
• ? philologist noun

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