<P> Philology is the study of language in written historical sources; it is a combination of literary criticism, history, and linguistics . It is more commonly defined as the study of literary texts and written records, the establishment of their authenticity and their original form, and the determination of their meaning . A person who pursues this kind of study is known as a philologist . </P> <P> In older usage, especially British, philology is more general, covering comparative and historical linguistics . </P>

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