Philology vs Lexicology - What's the difference?
philology | lexicology |
(uncountable, linguistics) 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.
* 1949 Journal of Theological Studies
(countable) A specific theory concerning the lexicon.
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.philology
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Derived terms
* classical philology * cognitive philology * comparative philology * philologer * philological * philologically * philologist * textual philologySee also
* higher criticism * literary criticism * lower criticism * textual criticismlexicology
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(wikipedia lexicology)Noun
- The fifth is devoted to doctrine; the sixth and seventh to remarks on syntax and lexicology respectively.
