Epigraphy (field) the study and interpretation of ancient inscriptions

Epigraphy is an interdisciplinary sub-field of study within Grammatology that concerns the study and interpretation of ancient inscriptions. It belongs to the broader branch of science called Integrated Science. As an interdisciplinary field of study, its constituent disciplines include Comparative Linguistics, Grammatology, Historical Linguistics, History, Linguistics, Literary Science, Orthography, Philology, and perhaps others. This term belongs mainly to the broader category called Writing.

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Constituent fields of Epigraphy

  • Comparative Linguistics (sub-field) the scientific study of comparing languages
  • Grammatology (field) the scientific study of writing
  • Historical Linguistics (sub-field) the scientific study of language change over time
  • History (field) the study of past events, their causes, and consequences
  • Linguistics (field) the scientific study of language
  • Literary Science (interdisciplinary field) the scientific study of literature, its history, development, and theory
  • Orthography (sub-field) the study of writing conventions for a given language
  • Philology (interdisciplinary sub-field) the study of oral and historical written language

Citation

MLA 8

PsychLing Contributors. "Epigraphy." PsychLing, OMNIKA Foundation, 10 Sep. 2023, psylng.org/glossary/field/epigraphy. Accessed 20 Dec. 2024.

APA 6

PsychLing (2023, September 10). Epigraphy. Retrieved from https://psylng.org/glossary/field/epigraphy

CMS 16

PsychLing Contributors. "Epigraphy." Las Vegas, NV: OMNIKA Foundation. Created September 10, 2023. Modified September 15, 2023. Accessed December 20, 2024. https://psylng.org/glossary/field/epigraphy.

Bibliography

APA Dictionary

APA Contributors. "APA Dictionary of Psychology." Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. Accessed September 14, 2023. https://dictionary.apa.org. [Visit]

DLP

Crystal, David, ed. A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. 6ed. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing, 2011.

OMNIKA

OMNIKA Foundation Contributors. "OMNIKA: Digital Mythology Library." Las Vegas, NV: OMNIKA Foundation. Created January 21, 2019. Accessed July 28, 2023. https://omnika.org. [Visit]

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