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

A list of the books and pamphlets published by Priestley on theological, metaphysical, philological, historical, educational and scientific subjects would fill several pages of this book.

From Heroes of Science Chemists by Muir, M. M. Pattison (Matthew Moncrieff Pattison)