Humanities

Philology

The study of literature in its widest sense, including grammar, etymology, criticism, literary history, language history, linguistic history, systems of writing, and anything else that is relevant to literature or language viewed as literature. Philology as a discipline has both philosophical and scientific overtones.

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The study of literature in its widest sense, including grammar, etymology, criticism, literary history, language history, linguistic history, systems of writing, and anything else that is relevant to literature or language viewed as literature. Philology as a discipline has both philosophical and scientific overtones.

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study of literature or language as used in literature; do not confuse with LITERATURE, literary works; general or unspecified; prefer specifics

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Philology. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D010680. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D010680
  2. Philology. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philology
  3. Philology. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q40634