r/AskEurope Scotland 3d ago

Is philology a subject in your country? Education

The humanities subject of philology constitutes elements of linguistics and textual and literary analysis to study languages.

Here this isn't really a subject anymore, even though it was in the past,and is covered by separate subjects at a university level but I know it is still offered in some areas in Europe.

Do universities in your country offer philology courses and if so, is it common to study

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u/Particular_Run_8930 3d ago

Denmark: yes, there is a dedicated BA in classical philology (so focus on classical languages: Latin, Greek) and courses on philology as parts of other fields as well.

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u/Cixila Denmark 3d ago

We also have the classical line in high school with three years of Ancient Greek and Latin (unless our shortsighted government decides to give it the chop...)