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fuh-LAW-luh-jee
noun
the study of literature and language; linguistics
1838Rattlin the ReeferTo those curious in philology I convey the information, that in the word 'dinghy', the 'g' was pronounced hard.1851Rides on RailwaysTo philology even, the deadly science of dead languages, and the great business of public schools, he contrived to impart life by continually pointing out its bearing on the history of the races of mankind.1888On the Study of WordsIt would not be easy to bring together two scholars who have bestowed more thought and the results of more laborious study on the whole subject of phonetic spelling than Mr. Ellis and Dr. Murray have done, while yet at the last annual meeting of the Philological Society (May 20, 1881) these two distinguished scholars, with mutual respect undiminished, had no choice but to acknowledge that, while they were seeking the same objects, the means by which they sought to attain them were altogether different, and that, in the judgment of each, all which the other was doing in setting forward results equally dear to both was only tending to put hindrances in the way, and to make the attainment of those results remoter than ever.1990The Complete Stories, Volume One: The Up-to-Date Sorcerer...he, in common with many practical scientists, enjoyed a proper scorn for the rarefied niceties of classical philology…Labels: Captain Frederick Marryat, Isaac Asimov, Richard C. Trench, Samuel Sidney
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