Philologist Definition & Meaning

Other Words from philology

philological \ ˌfi-lə-ˈlä-ji-kəl

\ adjective

philologically \ ˌfi-lə-ˈlä-ji-k(ə-)lē

\ adverb

philologist \ fə-ˈlä-lə-jist

also fī- \ noun

Examples of philology in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Both brothers attended Saint Petersburg State University, where their father was a professor of philology, an academic discipline that encompasses the study of language and literature. — Darren Loucaides, Wired, 8 Feb. 2022 For the advocates of liberal culture a century ago, the false god of literature departments was philology. — The New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2021 Philology prevailed in literature departments because philology was scientific. — The New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2021 While at Oxford, Hayes plans to study for graduate degrees in mathematical science as well as linguistics, philology and phonetics, according to the university. — Ruth Serven Smith | Rserven@al.com, al, 23 Nov. 2021 In his field of philology, the study of the historical development of languages, Haile worked in eight languages, from ancient Hebrew and Arabic to ancient Ethiopian tongues such as Amharic and Ge'ez. — Reid Forgrave, Star Tribune, 19 June 2021 Of course, my interest in psychoanalysis quickly grew to include many disparate fields, which have included philology, philosophy, biology, the history of culture, aesthetics, sociology, and in this case, pedagogy. — Zane Pickett, Forbes, 13 May 2021 Her discipline of philology, the study of the development of texts over time, requires comparing manuscripts to each other, building a stemma, or genealogy of texts, from a parent or original manuscript. — David M. Perry, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Mar. 2021 Harvard is where Bill met his wife, who later got a PhD in classical philology. — Joel Stein, Time, 22 Oct. 2019 See More

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