philology English · revision 1032

+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /fɪˈlɒl.ə.d͡ʒɪ/ ''(UK)''; /fɪˈlɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|enm|philologie]],^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline) [[bor|la|philologia|t=love of learning and literature]],^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU) [[der|grc|φιλολογία|tr=philología|t=love of discussion, learning and literature]],^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline) from ''philólogos'' “fond of learning or of words”,^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate) [[af|grc|φιλο-|λόγος|tr1=philo-|tr2=lógos|t1=loving|t2=word, speech]].^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline) The modern sense was reborrowed in the 17th century from [[fr|philologie]].^(Barnhart 1995)^(MW Collegiate)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The love of learning and literature, or the personification of linguistic and literary knowledge (c. 1386 in the OED; about 1395 in Barnhart).^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In Greek the word meant love of discussion, then of learning and literature.^(Etymonline) English took up the sense “study of literature in a wide sense, including grammar and criticism” in the early 17th century (1612–14).^(Barnhart 1995)^(MW Collegiate)^(OED 1989) The sense “science of language” is recorded from 1716,^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline) but in the United States the word ''linguistics'' is preferred for this.^(Etymonline) Today ''philology'' usually means the study of old texts and their languages.^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1386 – love of learning and literature.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)

+ * 1594 – ''philologue'', a linguist.^(Barnhart 1995)

+ * 1612 – the study of literature (Merriam-Webster).^(MW Collegiate)

+ * 1648 – ''philologist''.^(Barnhart 1995)

+ * 1716 – the science of language.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The study of literary texts and written records, establishing their authenticity, original form and meaning; also, classical scholarship.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Historical and comparative [[linguistics]].^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(obsolete)'' The love of learning and literature.^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[philologer]]

+ * [[philologically]]

+ * [[philological]]

+ * [[philologist]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[linguistics]]

+ * [[etymology]]

+ * [[philosophy]]

+ * [[logos]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}