Anglistics
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Modification of German Anglistik, from Anglist (“Anglist”) + -ik (“-ics”).[1][2][3]
Noun
[edit]Anglistics (uncountable)
- (humanities, rare) Synonym of English studies
- 1927, Lawrence Counselman Wroth, editor, The Johns Hopkins Alumni Magazine: Published in the Interest of the University and the Alumni[1], volume 15, Johns Hopkins Alumni Association, page 116:
- The history of our English department thus begins with one of the greatest names that Anglistics in America has to offer.
- 1930, Kemp Malone, “The Terminology of Anglistics.”, in The English Journal, volume 19, number 8, →JSTOR, page 643:
- Regularly on the Continent, and widely in America as well, that part of Anglistics devoted to the editing of texts is called English philology.
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ “Anglistics”, in Collins English Dictionary: “‹ G Anglistik, equiv. to Anglist anglist + -ik -ics”
- ^ “Anglistics”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present: “modification of German anglistik, from anglist + -ik -ics”
- ^ “Anglistik” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Further reading
[edit]- “Anglistics”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- (Anglistics*100), English studies at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.