study of literature

collocation in English

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study
noun
uk
/ˈstʌd.i/us
/ˈstʌd.i/
the activity of examining a subject in detail in order to discover ...
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literature
noun[U]
uk
/ˈlɪt.rə.tʃər/us
/ˈlɪt̬.ɚ.ə.tʃɚ/
written artistic works, especially those with a high and lasting ...
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(Definition ofstudyandliteraturefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Finally, thestudyofliteraturegives us historical perspective.
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A sustainedstudyofliterature, writing, and editing - as well as practical experience in those disciplines - is an added requirement for the usage critic.
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Moreover, thestudyofliteraturein this period was moving toward an interest in ideas which bordered on the exclusive.
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Linguists are often unfamiliar with even common literary works or literary movements, and they can be quite skeptical about thestudyofliteratureitself.
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First, the range of structures and functions which we encounter in everyday language is also found in thestudyofliterature.
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Music appears to be undergoing the sort of process that thestudyofliteratureexperienced a couple of decades ago.
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Rhetoric in fact is relevant in the area of stylistics, where thestudyofliteratureand of language meet.
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I have been trying to demonstrate that those who engage in the study of language and those who engage in thestudyofliteraturemake use of shared resources.
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Reviews 319 of hybrid, or multicultural, texts in general, offering insights that are valid also for thestudyofliterature.
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During his university years, he changed branch several times, skipping from medicine to law and later to thestudyofliterature.
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He devoted his long life to thestudyofliterature, science, and art.
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The work concludes with a discussion of literary genres, history, and thestudyofliteraturein the graduate school.
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Having ample private means, he devoted his life to astudyofliterature.
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Whetherstudyofliteratureor reading of literature, call it whatever, would remain incomplete if not approached comparatively.
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It makes an irreplaceable contribution to the development of a more rational, scientific, and socially relevantstudyofliterature.
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His intent was to focus on the application of ecology and ecological concepts to thestudyofliterature.
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Collegio combines thestudyofliteratureand social studies into a single interdisciplinary course.
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Only in thestudyofliteratureis the early modern period a standard designation.
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The study of social, religious, and intellectual history, as well as thestudyofliterature, language and politics figures among the various projects undertaken at the institute.
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Chapters are encouraged to hold regular meetings and to sponsor events and activities that will bring thestudyofliteratureto the attention of the campus at large.
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