Philology

/fɪlˈɒləd‍ʒi/

/fɪlˈɑːlədʒi/

Philology

the study of language, literature, and historical texts to understand their origins, development, and cultural context, encompassing areas such as linguistics, textual criticism, and literary analysis

synonyms : linguistics

Examples

1. Soon after, he obtained a degree in Russian literature and philology, and not long after that, he got a job teaching Russian literature.

2. Worse students seem to have found pure philology harder to endure and enrollments in classics dropped.

3. It's worth remembering that the great age of German philology and scholarship was also a great age of public lecturing.

4. And I think it can work in tandem with literary theory and philology and other elements that we have at our disposal.