philology

As nouns the difference between philology and documentation

is that philology is (linguistics) the humanistic study of historical linguistics while documentation is something transposed from a thought to a document; the written account of an idea.

As a noun philology

is (linguistics) the humanistic study of historical linguistics.

As an adjective undefined is

lacking a definition or value.

As nouns the difference between philology and null

is that philology is (linguistics) the humanistic study of historical linguistics while null is zero, nil; the cardinal number before einn.

In linguistics terms the difference between phonetics and philology

is that phonetics is the study of the physical sounds of human speech, concerned with the physical properties of speech sounds (phones), and the processes of their physiological production, auditory reception, and neurophysiological perception, and their representation by written symbols while philology is the humanistic study of historical linguistics.

As nouns the difference between literature and philology

is that literature is the body of all written works while philology is the humanistic study of historical linguistics.

As nouns the difference between philology and phonology

is that philology is the humanistic study of historical linguistics while phonology is the study of the way sounds function in languages, including phonemes, syllable structure, stress, accent, intonation, and which sounds are distinctive units within a language.

As nouns the difference between philology and lexicology

is that philology is the humanistic study of historical linguistics while lexicology is the part of linguistics that studies words, their nature and meaning, words' elements, relations between words including semantic relations, words groups and the whole lexicon.