Orientation actuelle des études de linguistique historique, et spécialement de philologie celtique, dans les pays de langue allemande

Abstract

Before getting down to the nitty-gritty of the presentation, we will first explain what is meant by ‘German-speaking countries’, and then look at the different meanings given to the word ‘philology’. There are three different meanings of the term in German, and these three categories will structure the paper. The first refers to philology in the broad sense, as scientific and historical research into the entire verbal culture of an ethnic group. Secondly, the narrower sense given to the term: the method of correcting ancient texts. The last meaning concerns university disciplines as a subject for teaching and research (« Classical Philology », for example).

Keywords

• linguistics
• Celtic studies
• German (language)
• philology
• Germany