The study of literature in its widest sense, including grammar, etymology, criticism, literary history, language history, linguistic history, systems of writing, and anything else that is relevant to literature or language viewed as literature. Philology as a discipline has both philosophical and scientific overtones.

Annotation

study of literature or language as used in literature; do not confuse with LITERATURE, literary works; general or unspecified; prefer specifics

DUI

D010680 MeSH Browser

CUI

M0016595