chrestomathy
IPA: krˈɛstʌmˈeɪθi
noun
- A collection of written passages, used to learn an unfamiliar language.
- A collection of choice passages from an author or authors.
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Examples of "chrestomathy" in Sentences
- For instance, Nestle's classic Syriac grammar and chrestomathy lacks many of the features that make Zammit's so helpful for students at this stage.
- No division of literature, perhaps, would serve better as a kind of chrestomathy for illustrating the positions on which the scheme of this series is based.
- Another lovely gift from mollpeartree, who discovered both volumes of this chrestomathy sheltering in the dim recesses of the Printer's Row Book Fair one year.
- And so all who are interested in Syriac language and literature, for whatever reason, will surely be grateful to Martin Zammit and to Gorgias Press for this chrestomathy.
- Meanwhile, I'm enjoying working on Syriac, and trying my hand at not only the Peshitta but also a new chrestomathy i.e. selection of texts published by Gorgias Press, `Enbe men Karmo Suryoyo.
- The lengthy chrestomathy (more than 40 pages in the recently released trade paper edition) is based on at least two actual reference works and provides not only an understanding of the words, but often their etymology and usages.
- The lengthy chrestomathy [5] (more than 40 pages in the recently released trade paper edition) is based on at least two actual reference works and provides not only an understanding of the words, but often their etymology and usages.
- There are other potentially useful resources for Syriac online: Eberhard Nestle's Syriac grammar with chrestomathy for those who have a good grasp of German, the Syriac grammar and Elements of Syriac by Philips, and the Syriac grammar by Uhlemann.
- The volume is a chrestomathy (i.e. a selection of readings) "intended primarily for students who have covered the essentials of Syriac morphology and syntax" (p.viii) and as such it makes a logical place to go next when one has completed John Healey's Leshono Suryoyo: First Studies in Syriac.
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