A Comprehensive Index for Classical Studies L’Annee philologique A Comprehensive Index for Classical Studies Christy Branston April 4, 2003

philology Study of both language and literature philology   Study of both language and literature. In addition to phonetics, grammar and the structure of language, philology also includes textual criticism, etymology, and the study of art, archaeology, religion and any system related to ancient or classical languages. "philology"  World Encyclopedia. George Philip Ltd, 2002. Oxford Reference Online. Oxford University Press.  9 May 2003  <http://www.oxfordreference.com/views/ENTRY.html?subview= Main&entry=t105.008986>

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Subjects and Disciplines The database is searchable using the subject indexes derived from the print version of L’annee There are two different “Tables of Contents” because the TOC was revamped in 1996 Users can browse this subject list to see how the index was originally organized and also see what is available on a given topic. There 1214 items indexed under this category (since 1996)