philology

CEFRC1

/fɪˈlɒl.ə.d͡ʒɪ/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The study of language through historical texts and literature.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    Historical or comparative linguistics.

Examples

  • Professor Smith is recognized to be one of the greatest scholars in English philology.

  • I'm teaching in the philology department.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
1
Citations
3

Also pronounced

  • /fɪˈlɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Love and study of learning and literature, broadly speaking.

  2. The humanistic study of texts and their languages, especially ancient or classical languages.

More examples

In context

  • […]his early philosophical studies converged with his original love of philology as he pursued the “prehistory” of Kantian critique in Descartes, Galileo, and Copernicus, back to Plato.

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Origin

noun

Inherited from Middle English Philologie, from Latin philologia, from Ancient Greek φιλολογίᾱ (philologíā, “love of argument or reasoning, love of learning and literature”).