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.
discipline concerned with the establishment and study of texts at all levels of analysis ; it is the foundation of linguistics.
The study of names and their vibratory rate.
Philology is the study of language, especially in relation to its historical and contextual setting. In the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, the recovery of many texts from the Near East created contradictions with known sources and led scholars to search for the original versions of documents. Numerous forgeries were discovered, most notably the Donation of Constantine, which supposedly granted rule of Western Christendom to the pope, and the Hermetic Writings, which had given rise to an entire system of thought.
A scientific (esp. historical and comparative) study of language and the literature which is dependent upon it.
The study of written records , their authenticity, etc.
the humanistic study of language and literature
The study of language in context with particular regard to history, comparative linguistics, written texts, rhetoric, poetry, literature, anthropology, and etymology.
Philology, etymologically, is the love of words. It is most accurately defined as an affinity toward the learning of the backgrounds as well as the current usages of spoken or written methods of human communication. The commonality of studied languages is more important than their origin or age, though those factors are important as well.
