philology

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: phi=lol=o=gy

CIDE DICTIONARY

philology, n. [L. philologia love of learning, interpretation, philology, Gr. : cf. F. philologie. See Philologer.].

•  Criticism; grammatical learning.  Johnson.  [1913 Webster]
•  The study of language, especially in a philosophical manner and as a science; the investigation of the laws of human speech, the relation of different tongues to one another, and historical development of languages; linguistic science.  [1913 Webster]

  " Philology comprehends a knowledge of the etymology, or origin and combination of words; grammar, the construction of sentences, or use of words in language; criticism, the interpretation of authors, the affinities of different languages, and whatever relates to the history or present state of languages. It sometimes includes rhetoric, poetry, history, and antiquities."  [1913 Webster]
•  A treatise on the science of language.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

philology, n.
1 the science of language, esp. in its historical and comparative aspects.
2 the love of learning and literature.

Derivative

philologian n. philologist n. philological adj. philologically adv. philologize v.intr. (also -ise).

Etymology

F philologie f. L philologia love of learning f. Gk (as PHILO-, -LOGY)

THESAURUS

philology

bowwow theory, comparative linguistics, derivation, descriptive linguistics, dialectology, dingdong theory, etymology, glossematics, glossology, glottochronology, glottology, grammar, graphemics, historical linguistics, language study, lexicology, lexicostatistics, linguistic geography, linguistic science, linguistics, mathematical linguistics, morphology, morphophonemics, paleography, phonetics, phonology, psycholinguistics, semantics, sociolinguistics, structuralism, syntactics, transformational linguistics

ROGET THESAURUS

philology

Language

N language, phraseology, speech, tongue, lingo, vernacular, mother tongue, vulgar tongue, native tongue, household words, King's English, Queen's English, dialect, confusion of tongues, Babel, pasigraphie, pantomime, onomatopoeia, betacism, mimmation, myatism, nunnation, pasigraphy, lexicology, philology, glossology, glottology, linguistics, chrestomathy, paleology, paleography, comparative grammar, literature, letters, polite literature, belles lettres, muses, humanities, literae humaniores, republic of letters, dead languages, classics, genius of language, scholarship, lingual, linguistic, dialectic, vernacular, current, bilingual, diglot, hexaglot, polyglot, literary, syllables govern the world.

Grammar

N grammar, accidence, syntax, praxis, punctuation, parts of speech, jussive, syllabication, inflection, case, declension, conjugation, us et norma loquendi, Lindley Murray, correct style, philology.