Kittredge belonged to the philological school of scholarship, which is the study of languages and literature (with an emphasis on language), with close attention to explicating the precise meanings of words in their original languages and reconstructing their historical development and social context.
Kittredge belonged to the philological school of scholarship pioneered in Germany, which is the study of languages and literature with an emphasis on language. Philologists paid close attention to explicating the precise meanings of words and reconstructing their historical development and social context.