philological
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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
Beneath this philological fracas lay a truth evident to political speechwriters, eulogists, and news anchors: in times of tragedy, language matters.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 20, 2015
At the very least, there is at least a vibrant philological argument here.
From New York Times ● May 29, 2011
Hamann seems at this time to have thought that any strenuous devotion to “bread-and-butter” studies was lowering, and accordingly gave himself entirely to reading, criticism and philological inquiries.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 8 "Haller, Albrecht" to "Harmonium" by Various
