philology
/fɪˈlɒlədʒɪ/noun
mass noun
1- the branch of knowledge that deals with the structure, historical development, and relationships of a language or languages语文学。
1.1
- chiefly US literary or classical scholarship〈主美〉文学学问; 古典文学学问。
派生词
philologian
nounphilological
adjectivephilologically
adverbphilologist
noun词源
late Middle English (in the Greek sense)： current usage （late 17th cent.） from French philologie, via Latin from Greek philologia 'love of learning' （see PHILO-， -LOGY）.