Category:Philology

Phi*lol"o*gy, n. Etym: [l. philologia love of learning, Interpretation, philology, gr. philologie. See philologer.]

1. Criticism; grammatical learning. [r.] Johnson.

2. 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.

Note: philology comprehends a knowledge of the etymology, or origin And combination of words; grammar, the construction of sentences, or Use of words in language; criticism, the interpretation of authors, The affinities of different languages, and whatever relates to the History or present state of languages. It sometimes includes Rhetoric, poetry, history, and antiquities.

3. A treatise on the science of language.