philology

1. (US, countable, especially, uncountable)The humanistic study of texts and their languages, especially ancient or classical languages.

   the humanistic study of language and literature

2. (countable, rare, uncountable)Love and study of learning and literature, broadly speaking.

3. (Commonwealth, archaic, countable, especially, rare, uncountable)Historical or comparative linguistics.

1. I'm teaching in the philology department.

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2. Professor Smith is recognized to be one of the greatest scholars in English philology.

   deProfessor Smith gilt als einer der größten Gelehrten der englischen Philologie. — mayabe

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3. Philology and medicine were named by Nietzsche to be "the two great opponents of all superstition".

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4. "You speak English really well." "Of course. I studied philology in college." "Philology? What's that? Don't you mean languology?"

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5. In this case the master of Comparative Philology disregarded the phonetic laws which he had himself helped to establish.

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