Anglistic

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adjective

Of or relating to the English language.

First used 19th c.Scrabble 12

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adjectiveAnglistic (not comparable)
  1. not comparablerareOf or relating to the English language.First known use 19th c.
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    The returns will not be without political significance as bearing upon the claims of Welsh nationality, for one of the effects of the quickening of national life of Wales has been to revive the use of the vernacular to an extent which has more than counteracted the Anglistic influences at work throughout the Principality.

    1890, “The Coming Census in Wales”, in The Cambrian, volume 10, number 12, T.J. Griffiths, page 366
  2. not comparableOf or relating to Anglistics.First known use 20th c.

    English studies are now vigorously pursued in our universities, and the childhood of Anglistic scholarship now lies definitely in the past.

    1930, Kemp Malone, “The Terminology of Anglistics.”, in The English Journal, volume 19, number 8, →JSTOR, page 639
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    In a little book which deserves to be better known in non-Scandinavian Anglistic circles, half a hundred at least may be found to occur in the Scotch dialect as spoken in the Shetlands; compare De Norröne Sprog på Shetland af Jakob Jakobsen (Köbenhavn, Prior, 1897).

    1906, “On some cases of Scandinavian influence in English”, in Archiv für das Studium der neueren Sprachen und Literaturen, volumes 117-118, Westermann, page 34

    In earlier reports has been described the launching of ELH, the Anglistic journal published by the Tudor and Stuart Club of this University and edited by a group of younger alumni of the department.

    1936, The Johns Hopkins University Circular, number 9, page 76

    In order to improve the efficiency and the quality of Anglistic studies, it was decided to liquidate the provincial centres gradually for the time being, […]

    1959, Stanisław Helsztyński, Anglistic Studies in Poland: Historical Background, page 405

    Among the Anglistic scholars in Germany at the time, I received the strongest impression of the personality of Schücking and Felix Liebermann, in some measure also of Hoops and Deutschbein.

    1960, Essays and Studies on English Language and Literature, number 22, page 4

    He cites certain writings, which I must skip, by F. Neumann, H. Schneegans, and Wawra, plus R. La Rosa’s Sicilian monograph (1907) and E. Allen’s Anglistic study published on this side of the Atlantic (1908).

    1973, Romance Philology, volume 26, page 750

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