philology
philology
In the widest sense of the word, the study of language; more specifically divided into:
classical philology, the study of language as pertaining to literature and history
comparative philology, the study of the laws and principles of a language, or a group of languages, and the subsequent comparison of one language with another; this is also known as linguistics
glossonomy, the study of language as the word or as speech, with the purpose of determining its elements and laws
Among important contributors to philology are:
CATHOLICS
Acidalius, Valens
Aimerich, Mateo
Anquetil-Duperron, Abraham Hyacinthe
Bickell, Gustav
Bore, Eugene
Brayas, Jacques
Bude, Guillaume
Buglio, Louis
Burgoa, Francisco
Buston, Thomas Stephen
Chrysoloras, Manuel
Du Gange, Charles Dufresne
Facciolati, Jacopo
Hanxleden, Johann Ernst
Holstenius, Lucas
Jouvancy, Joseph de
Kehrein, Joseph
Lipsius, Justus
Littr, Paul Maximilien Emile
Mai, Angelo
Mezzofanti, Giuseppe
Neve, Felix Jean Baptiste Joseph
O’Curry, Eugene
O’Donovan, John
Pagnino, Bantes
Politian
Quintano, Augustin
Renaudot, Eusebius
Reuohlin, Johann
Rodriguez, Joo
Romero, Juan
Roth, Heinrich
Sancto Bartholomeo, Paulinus a
Sitjar, Buenaventura
Turnebus, Adrian
Willems, Pierre
Zeuss, Johann Kaspar
OTHER CHRISTIAN PHILOLOGISTS
Casaubon, lsaac
Mller, Max
Scaliger, Joseph Justus
Schlegel, August Wilhelm von
Skeat, Walter William
New Catholic Dictionary