Philology (Noun)
Meaning
The humanistic study of language and literature.
Classification
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents.
Examples
- The professor's work in ancient Greek philology shed new light on the meaning of Homer's epics.
- She pursued a degree in English philology to gain a deeper understanding of the language's grammatical and literary evolution.
- The field of philology encompasses not only the study of language structures but also the historical and cultural contexts in which texts were written.
- As a philologist, he spent years pouring over the manuscript to decipher the poet's intended meaning.
- Her book on the philology of Old Norse was hailed as a groundbreaking work in the field of linguistic and literary analysis.