comparative philology

noun

1. comparative linguistics.

Word History and Origins

Origin of comparative philology¹

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

Kemble had a full acquaintance with the new science of comparative philology which was developing in Germany under Jakob Grimm.

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Naturally, Comparative Philology blundered and stumbled along this path into endless absurdities.

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As to the destructive—or would-be destructive—part, he condenses my arguments against the method of comparative philology.

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But where, all this time, is there a reference by Mannhardt to ‘the general principles of comparative philology’?

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Or to take a more modern instance: comparative philology has attained completeness in our own day.

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