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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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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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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  • He studied philology and theology in Berlin and Breslau.

  • Of his numerous publications the following are of special importance: - Assyrian Grammar for Comparative Purposes (1872); Principles of Comparative Philology (1874); Babylonian Literature (1877); Introduction to the Science of Language (1879); Monuments of the Hittites (1881); Herodotus i.-iii.

  • 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.

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