philological

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The book — each section of which opens with an epigram from Wittgenstein’s “Philosophical Investigations” — eventually bogs down in philological digression.

From New York Times • Feb. 9, 2021

English slang is a field rich for tillage, as Max Décharné proves in “Vulgar Tongues,” a triumph of philological research and mordant social commentary.

From Washington Post • May 31, 2017

“When is this papyrological pantomime, this Keystone Coptic, this academic farce, this philological burlesque finally going to stop?”

From Washington Times • Dec. 5, 2015

Not even Tolkien’s vast philological scholarship, his deep knowledge of mythology, and his world-building skills could impress what Moorcock and company saw as a troublesome infantilism inherent in Tolkien’s work.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 31, 2014

During the earlier part of its existence the Hungarian academy devoted itself mainly to the scientific development of the language and philological research.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" by Various