philology
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philology
The academic discipline concerned with the study of texts in a particular language. It combines linguistics, literary studies, and cultural history.
Sie studiert Germanistik mit dem Schwerpunkt auf klassischer Philologie.
She is studying German studies with a focus on classical philology.
The word comes from Greek and literally means 'love of the word' (philos = friend, logos = word). This origin helps explain the concept of the study of language and texts.
Seine Liebe zu alten Texten führte ihn zur Philologie.
His love of old texts led him to philology.
'Philologie' (philology) is a technical term from academia. It is used mainly in university or academic contexts, not in everyday language.
An der Universität gibt es ein Seminar zur Einführung in die Philologie.
At the university, there is a seminar introducing philology.
The word is almost always combined with a language or language family to narrow down the field of study. Typical examples are 'Deutsche Philologie' (German philology), 'Englische Philologie' (English philology), or 'Klassische Philologie' (Classical philology).
Er hat einen Master in Romanischer Philologie.
He has a master's degree in Romance philology.
The person who studies philology academically is called 'der Philologe' or 'die Philologin' (philologist).
Die berühmte Philologin hielt einen Vortrag über mittelalterliche Handschriften.
The famous philologist gave a lecture on medieval manuscripts.
linguistics
Philologie and Linguistik both study language scientifically. Linguistik mainly examines language systematically as a structure and in its use, while Philologie also investigates specific texts and their cultural context. Use Linguistik for the language system and Philologie for research focused on texts.
In der Philologie untersucht sie mittelalterliche Texte und ihren kulturellen Zusammenhang.
In philology, she studies medieval texts and their cultural context.
In der Linguistik untersucht sie die Struktur und Verwendung mittelalterlicher Sprachen.
In linguistics, she studies the structure and use of medieval languages.
