textual critic

collocation in English

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textual
adjective
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/ˈteks.tʃu.əl/us
/ˈteks.tʃu.əl/
relating to written or ...
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critic
noun[C]
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/ˈkrɪt.ɪk/us
/ˈkrɪt̬.ɪk/
someone who says that they do not approve of someone ...
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(Definition oftextualandcriticfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoftextual critic

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Thetextualcriticwill attempt to balance these criteria, to determine the original text.
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The stemmatic method requires thetextualcriticto group manuscripts by commonality of error.
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Although it is of late date, its text is remarkable from the point of view oftextualcritic.
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The text of the manuscript is important for thetextualcritic.
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He was and may remain the last greattextualcritic.
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Thetextualcriticseeks to ascertain from the divergent copies which form of the text should be regarded as most conforming to the original.
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The role of thetextualcriticis necessary when these basic criteria are in conflict.
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After considering all relevant factors, thetextualcriticseeks the reading that best explains how the other readings would arise.
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Given a manuscript copy, several or many copies, but not the original document, thetextualcriticseeks to reconstruct the original text (the archetype or autograph) as closely as possible.
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As atextualcritiche was distinguished by considerable rashness, and never hesitated to alter, rearrange or reject as spurious what failed to reach his standard of excellence.
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English-speaking textual critics use the word itacism to refer to this phenomenon, and loosely for all inconsistencies of spelling involving vowels.
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He has been described as one of the outstanding textual critics of the twentieth century.
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It has been examined and collated by many palaeographers and textual critics.
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Some classical philologists, known as textual critics, seek to synthesize these defective texts to find the most accurate version.
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He anticipated some conclusions of the textual critics of a century later.
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The ultimate objective of the textual critic's work is the production of a critical edition containing a text most closely approximating the original.
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The textual critic's ultimate objective is the production of a critical edition.
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In contrast to this approach, some textual critics prefer to identify the single best surviving text, and not to combine readings from multiple sources.
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Manuscript evidence is strong and textual critics take the omission very seriously.
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The concept is of particular importance for textual critics, whether they believe that authorial intention is recoverable, or whether they think that this recovery is impossible.
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