philology
philology is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.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. Note: 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.
- 2.A treatise on the science of language.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- accidence
- artillery
- betacism
- bilingual
- case
- chrestomathy
- comparative
- concordance
- confusion
- conjugate
- conjugation
- correct
- current
- dead
- declension
- delectus
- derivation
- derivative
- dialect
- dialectic
- dictionary
- etymology
- etymon
- exactly
- express
- genius
- glossary
- glossographer
- glossology
- glottology
- govern
- gradus
- grammar
- household
- index
- inflection
- language
- lexicography
- lexicologist
- lexicology
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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