Definition of Philology

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Philology

Criticism; grammatical learning.

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.

A treatise on the science of language.

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Philology Translations

philology in German is Sprachwissenschaft, Philologie

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