Literary Science (field) the scientific study of literature, its history, development, and theory

Literary Science is an interdisciplinary field of study within Social Science that concerns the scientific study of literature, its history, development, and theory. Its constituent fields of study include Comparative Linguistics, Historical Linguistics, History, Linguistics, Philology, and perhaps others. This term belongs mainly to the broader category called Other.

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Constituent fields of Literary Science

  • Comparative Linguistics (sub-field) the scientific study of comparing languages
  • Historical Linguistics (sub-field) the scientific study of language change over time
  • History (field) the study of past events, their causes, and consequences
  • Linguistics (field) the scientific study of language
  • Philology (interdisciplinary sub-field) the study of oral and historical written language

Fields derived from Literary Science

  • Epigraphy (interdisciplinary sub-field) the study and interpretation of ancient inscriptions
  • Philology (interdisciplinary sub-field) the study of oral and historical written language

Citation

MLA 8

PsychLing Contributors. "Literary Science." PsychLing, OMNIKA Foundation, 10 Sep. 2023, psylng.org/glossary/field/literary-science. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.

APA 6

PsychLing (2023, September 10). Literary Science. Retrieved from https://psylng.org/glossary/field/literary-science

CMS 16

PsychLing Contributors. "Literary Science." Las Vegas, NV: OMNIKA Foundation. Created September 10, 2023. Modified September 15, 2023. Accessed December 3, 2024. https://psylng.org/glossary/field/literary-science.

Bibliography

APA Dictionary

APA Contributors. "APA Dictionary of Psychology." Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. Accessed September 14, 2023. https://dictionary.apa.org. [Visit]

DLP

Crystal, David, ed. A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. 6ed. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing, 2011.

OMNIKA

OMNIKA Foundation Contributors. "OMNIKA: Digital Mythology Library." Las Vegas, NV: OMNIKA Foundation. Created January 21, 2019. Accessed July 28, 2023. https://omnika.org. [Visit]

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