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juxtology

/ˈd͡ʒʌkstɑləd͡ʒi/

juxtology noun: the study in literature of juxtaposition in text and semantics.

Noun

juxtology (uncountable)

  1. the study in literature of juxtaposition in text and semantics.
    • 1989 R.A. Shoaf, "Medieval Studies After Derrida, After Heidigger," in Julian N. Wasserman, Sign, Sentence, Discourse: Language in Medieval Thought and Literature, Syracuse University Press, 1989.
      Juxtology emerges from the ancient epistemology of knowledge by contraries and pursues, by comparisons...
    • Similarly, Dante's intertextual method in constructing his poem can be compared to the modern concept of bricolage, but it is more appropriate to evince here Shoaf's concept of juxtology, a practice by which diverse materials and concepts are linked together in medieval texts.1997, M. Keith Booker, Joyce, Bakhtin, and the Literary Tradition: Toward a Comparative Cultural Poetics, University of Michigan Press, page 104

Origin of juxtology

Combination of juxta- (“alongside”) + -ology ("study of"). Apparently coined by R. Allen Shoaf in the 1980s

Questions about juxtology

What does juxtology mean?
Juxtology means the study in literature of juxtaposition in text and semantics.
What part of speech is juxtology?
Juxtology is a noun.
How do you pronounce juxtology?
Juxtology is pronounced /ˈd͡ʒʌkstɑləd͡ʒi/.

Words near juxtology in the dictionary

  1. juxtatropical
  2. juxtatumoral
  3. juxtavascular
  4. juxtaventricular
  5. Juxtlahuaca
  6. juxtology
  7. juxtoposition
  8. juxtracrine
  9. juyce
  10. juyces
  11. juz

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