Philology synonyms

fĭ-lŏl'ə-jē

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etymology
The origin and historical development of a linguistic form as shown by determining its basic elements, earliest known use, and changes in form and meaning, tracing its transmission from one language to another, identifying its cognates in other languages, and reconstructing its ancestral form where possible.
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lexicography
The act, process, art, or work of writing, compiling, or editing a dictionary or dictionaries
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linguistics
The study of the nature, structure, and variation of language, including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, sociolinguistics, and pragmatics.
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grammar (related)
A book describing the rules of grammar of a language.
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historical-linguistics (related)
(Linguistics) The scientific study of language change.
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comparative literature (related)
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comparative-linguistics (related)
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dialectology (related)
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renaissance-literature (related)
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papyrology (related)
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epigraphy (related)
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neo-latin (related)
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medieval-literature (related)
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french-literature (related)
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assyriology (related)
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language (related)
All the vocal sounds, words, and ways of combining them common to a particular nation, tribe, or other speech community
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  • He studied philology and theology in Berlin and Breslau.

  • 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.

  • 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.

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

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