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

Grotius’s philological skill, however, was not sufficient to enable him to work up to this ideal.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" by Various