philology
study of language in written historical sources
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philology
Summary
philology is an academic discipline[1]. philology ranks in the top 2% of academic_discipline entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,757 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- philology's instance of is recorded as academic discipline[3].
- philology's instance of is recorded as academic major[4].
- philology's instance of is recorded as methodology[5].
- philology is a type of linguistics[6].
- philology is a type of Geisteswissenschaften[7].
- philology's Commons category is recorded as Philology[8].
- philology's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Philology[9].
- philology's described by source is recorded as Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language[10].
- philology's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11].
- philology's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12].
- philology's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[13].
- philology's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[14].
- philology's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[15].
- philology's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work[16].
- philology's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa[17].
- philology's practiced by is recorded as philologist[18].
- philology's practiced by is recorded as candidate of philology[19].
- philology's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[20].
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Definition and Type
Recorded instance of include academic discipline[3], academic major[4], and methodology[5]. Recorded subclass of include linguistics[6] and Geisteswissenschaften[7].
Why It Matters
philology ranks in the top 2% of academic_discipline entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,757 views/month).[2] philology has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] philology is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]