THE ROLE OF DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY IN THE EVOLUTION OF PHILOLOGY

It is easy to note that the discipline of philology has incorporated societal and technological advancement in the methods of linguistic analysis. A wide range of cultures has been equipped not only with documents, but new tools, such as digitization and artificial intelligence (AI) which seem to preparedness in research for long-ago endangered languages and add values in philological studies. Such technologies have affected conventional career practices in language study and preservation as such presenting disadvantage and advantage to the professionals in the field of philology today. This article aims to examine the area of new digital tools incorporated into philological practices and variables that define the geography of this field in the contemporary and future societies.