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
Grotius’s philological skill, however, was not sufficient to enable him to work up to this ideal.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" by Various
