Philology

语文学

The traditional term for the study of language history, as carried on by comparative philologists since the late eighteenth century. The study of literary texts is also sometimes included within the term (though not in Britain), as is the study of texts as part of cultural, political, etc., research.

指语言历史研究的传统术语，如18世纪后期以来“比较语文学家”所做的研究。这种研究包括作为文化、政治研究一部分的文本考证，有时还包括文学作品的研究（但英国除外）。