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  • M.A., and Doctor of Theology from Laval University; is a Licentiate of Letters of the Sorbonne; and has the Diploma in Philology from the University of Paris.

    Canada Victorious, Happy and Glorious 1943

  • In this issue, for example, you will find a review of Iris Murdoch's new novel, The Word Child, by the famous poet Richard Armour, who is, more than incidentally, a very active educator and who holds a doctorate in English Philology from Harvard.

    VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol II No 2 1975

  • Since you professed an interest in, (and a knowledge of, although you actually didn’t possess said knowledge) in Philology, an interesting point about beer and wine, my dear Ms. Thing:

    Think Progress » ElBaradei, Smeared By Administration, Wins Nobel Peace Prize 2005

  • First, I would like to add a few thoughts to why Romanian students are so good at English, as this is a question I’m asked frequently myself, especially that my degree is in maths and not English Philology, which is usually the case for most non-native EFL teachers in Eastern and Central Europe.

    Guest post 9 – Melania Paduraru on Romanians speaking English and other political matters… « Ken Wilson's Blog 2009

  • "Philology," said he; "or as a profession, perhaps literature.

    Orley Farm Anthony Trollope 1848

  • I agree with you if we are talking exclusively about English Philology (one of the few remaining subjects in this University which is still predominantly female).

    G is for Gender « An A-Z of ELT 2010

  • In 1973 he graduated from the Department of General Literature with the theory of literature, Faculty of Philology of the University of Belgrade; he received his master's degree in 1979 and his doctorate in 1982 from the same school, where he is currently a professor of creative writing.

    EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Zoran Živković 2009

  • In 1973 he graduated from the Department of General Literature with the theory of literature, Faculty of Philology of the University of Belgrade; he received his master's degree in 1979 and his doctorate in 1982 from the same school, where he is currently a professor of creative writing.

    November 2009 2009

  • I recently became acquainted with an old book of his, Recent Exemplifications of False Philology, thanks to Google Books.

    “Recent exemplifications of false philology” « Motivated Grammar 2010

  • Philology attempts to address these sorts of questions through a comparatively wide-ranging inquiry, some of the tools of which have made their way into textualist approaches, etc., but go well beyond these.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Originalism and Linguistic Questions 2010

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