- 1語文學家；文獻學者（指鑽研古文字、文獻與語言演變的人，不是一般說的「語言學家」）
A philologist is a person who studies words, old writing, and the way languages change over a long time.
A philologist is a personphilologist指的是一種人, who studies words, old writing, and the way languages change over a long time研究字詞、古老的文獻，以及語言長時間演變方式的人。
They sit with texts — often old ones — and ask: where did this word come from, how did this grammar used to work, what did people mean when they wrote this? It is close to being a language historian.
They sit with texts他們會坐下來鑽研文本, often old ones通常是古老的文本, and ask然後問: where did this word come from這個字是從哪裡來的, how did this grammar used to work這個文法以前是怎麼運作的, what did people mean when they wrote this人們寫這個的時候是什麼意思? It is close to being a language historian這很接近是一位語言歷史學家。
Though actually, people mix this up with linguist. A linguist may study how people talk right now, in shops and on phones. A philologist is more likely to work with books, inscriptions, and older of a language.
Though actually不過, people mix this up with linguist人們常把這個詞跟linguist搞混。A linguist may study how people talk right nowlinguist可能研究的是人們現在怎麼說話, in shops and on phones在商店裡、在電話上。A philologist is more likely to work with books, inscriptions, and older stages of a languagephilologist則比較可能鑽研書籍、碑文，和語言比較早期的階段。
The word is academic and a little old-fashioned in everyday talk; you will meet it in universities and in writing about classics or old English, not in the street. It is a respectful job title, not a joke.
The word is academic and a little old-fashioned in everyday talk這個詞很學術，在日常對話裡有點老派: you will meet it in universities and in writing about classics or old English你會在大學裡，以及談古典文學或古英文的文章裡遇到它, not in the street而不是在街頭巷尾。It is a respectful job title這是個受人尊重的職稱, not a joke不是玩笑話。
core核心畫面
組成From philology + -ist. The -ist ending makes a person who does that work.
同家族的字
- philologythe field this person works in
- philosophyboth start with Greek phil-, 'love of'
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
philologistnoun
- 1
A person who engages in philology (historical linguistics), especially as a profession; a collector of words and their etymologies.
- Foucault's incisive scrutiny and consistent analysis of antique culture has opened the eyes of many a philosopher, philologist or anthropologist who considered himself an expert on the very texts and issues that Foucault addresses. In the years following the publication of Foucault's works an intense debate arose on the subject of sexuality in antiquity, perhaps primarily in feminist and homosexual circles, although by no means exclusively.
- 2
A person devoted to general learning and literature.
- Like Johnson, in Herculean might, Bid some philologist arise,— Some Milton, with seraphic flight, Or Newton, pupil of the skies.
- 2015, Franssen, Maarten, Lokhorst, Gert-Jan and van de Poel, Ibo, "Philosophy of Technology", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Fall 2015 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/fall2015/entries/technology/ The author of the first text in which the term ‘philosophy of technology’ occurred, Ernst Kapp’s Eine Philosophie der Technik, was a philologist and historian. Most of the authors who wrote critically about technology and its socio-cultural role during the twentieth century were philosophers of a general outlook ... or had a background in one of the other humanities or in social science, like literary criticism and social research..., law..., political science... or literary studies... The form of philosophy of technology constituted by the writings of these and others has been called... ‘humanities philosophy of technology’, because it takes its point of departure in the social sciences and the humanities rather than in the practice of technology.
- 3
A person devoted to classical scholarship.
- 2015, Van Norden, Bryan, "Wang Yangming", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Fall 2014 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/fall2014/entries/wang-yangming For Zhu Xi's explanation of the phrase “ge wu,” see his commentary on Great Learning... For Wang's interpretation, see his “Questions on the Great Learning”... Unfortunately, the key word “ge” is highly ambiguous, so both interpretations ... are completely defensible... Nivison... described the phrase as “a philologist's delight,” because of the endless speculation it could provoke, and argued that “[n]o one will ever know what it really meant in its locus classicus.”
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