chrestomathykrɛsˈtɒm ə θi
chrestomathy (n)
English Definitions:
chrestomathy (noun)
a selection of passages from different authors that is compiled as an aid in learning a language
chrestomathy (Noun)
A collection of written passages, used to learn an unfamiliar language.
chrestomathy (Noun)
A collection of choice passages from an author or authors.
Chrestomathy
Chrestomathy is a collection of choice literary passages, used especially as an aid in learning a subject. In philology or in the study of literature, it is a type of reader which presents a sequence of example texts, selected to demonstrate the development of language or literary style. It is different from an anthology because of its didactic purpose. In computer programming, a program chrestomathy is a collection of similar programs written in various programming languages, for the purpose of demonstrating differences in syntax, semantics and idioms for each language. This term is thought to have been first used by Eric S. Raymond in the Retrocomputing Museum web site. It is used by analogy to a linguistic chrestomathy.
Chrestomathy
A chrestomathy ( kreh-STOM-ə-thee; from the Ancient Greek χρηστομάθεια (khrēstomátheia, “desire of learning”) = χρηστός (khrēstós, “useful”) + μανθάνω (manthánō, “learn”)) is a collection of selected literary passages (usually from a single author); a selection of literary passages from a foreign language assembled for studying the language; or a text in various languages, used especially as an aid in learning a subject. In philology or in the study of literature, it is a type of reader which presents a sequence of example texts, selected to demonstrate the development of language or literary style. It is different from an anthology because of its didactic purpose.
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