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Philology
considers both
form
and
meaning
in
writing
, such as text or
manuscript
, and linguistic expression. It combines
linguistics
and
literary studies
.
[1]
[2]
Classical philology
is the philology of the
Greek
,
Latin
and
Sanskrit
languages.
[3]
Any
classical language
can be studied philologically, and describing a language as "classical" is to
imply
the existence of a philological tradition associated with it.