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The Art of Linguistics *
Author(s) -
Senn Alfred
Publication year - 1937
Publication title -
the modern language journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.486
H-Index - 83
eISSN - 1540-4781
pISSN - 0026-7902
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-4781.1937.tb03844.x
Subject(s) - philology , irony , linguistics , historical linguistics , neglect , applied linguistics , comparative linguistics , philosophy , literature , sociology , psychology , art , feminism , gender studies , psychiatry
Author's Summary— The objectives of modern philology are not the same as in the nineteenth century. Emotional factors [irony, humor] play an important rôle in the development of language. Neglect of philological work is deplorable. The present division of literature and philology is unsound.