1. 1語文學的(研究詞語與語言如何演變;別看成「哲學的」)

    Philological means ‘to do with philology’: the careful study of words, old texts, and the way words and languages develop over time. A philological note might compare manuscripts, trace a word back through Latin or Greek, or work out what a line in an old poem first meant. It is a university word, not an everyday one. Philology sits next to , but the older flavour is historical and textual — old books, old forms, etymology — not only how people speak now. In many departments the work still happens, but the label is more common today; philological sounds a bit more old-school and . It is simply the adjective of philology.

組成From philology + -ical. Philology is philo- ‘love’ + Greek logos ‘word, study’.

同家族的字

  • philologyphilological is the adjective of philology
  • philosophyboth start with philo- ‘love of’
  • logicalboth go back to Greek logos ‘word’ or ‘reason’

原始詞典資料2 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,摘錄並精簡格式,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

philologicaladj/ˌfɪ.ləˈlɒ.dʒɪ.kəl/

  • 1

    Of or pertaining to the history of literature and words.

  • 2

    human-scienceslinguisticssciencesPertaining to historical linguistics.

摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary,已精簡格式;依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用,改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。