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Philology vs Semantics - What's the difference?

philology | semantics |

In linguistics terms the difference between philology and semantics

is that philology is the humanistic study of historical linguistics while semantics is a branch of linguistics studying the meaning of words.

philology

English

Noun

(wikipedia philology)
  • (linguistics) The humanistic study of historical linguistics.

    • Derived terms

    * classical philology * cognitive philology * comparative philology * philologer * philological * philologically * philologist * textual philology

    Related terms

    * philosophy * classical studies

    See also

    * higher criticism * literary criticism * lower criticism * textual criticism

    External links

    * (wikipedia "philology") English words suffixed with -ology

    semantics

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia semantics) (-)
  • (linguistics) A branch of linguistics studying the meaning of words.
    • Semantics is a foundation of lexicography.
  • The study of the relationship between words and their meanings.
  • * 2006 , Patrick Blackburn, Johan Bos, and Kristina Striegnitz, [http://www.learnprolognow.org/lpnpage.php?pagetype=html&pageid=lpn-htmlse32 Learn Prolog Now!] , section 8.1:
    • In fact, nowadays a lot is known about the semantics of natural languages, and it is surprisingly easy to build semantic representations which partially capture the meaning of sentences or even entire discourses.
  • The individual meanings of words, as opposed to the overall meaning of a passage.
    • The semantics of the terms used are debatable.
    The semantics of a single preposition is a dissertation in itself.

    Derived terms

    * algebraic semantics * axiomatic semantics * computational semantics * denotational semantics * formal semantics * lexical semantics * mathematical semantics * operational semantics * statistical semantics

    Related terms

    * seme * sememe * semantic * semasiology * sematic * sematology * semiotic * semiotics

    See also

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    External links

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