Anglistic

English

Adjective

Anglistic (not comparable)

1. (rare) Of or relating to the English language. [From 19th c.]
   • 1890, “The Coming Census in Wales”, in The Cambrian, volume 10, number 12, T.J. Griffiths, page 366:

     The returns will not be without political significance as bearing upon the claims of Welsh nationality, for one of the effects of the quickening of national life of Wales has been to revive the use of the vernacular to an extent which has more than counteracted the Anglistic influences at work throughout the Principality.

2. Of or relating to Anglistics. [from 20th c.]
   • 1906, “On some cases of Scandinavian influence in English”, in Archiv für das Studium der neueren Sprachen und Literaturen, volumes 117-118, Westermann, page 34:

     In a little book which deserves to be better known in non-Scandinavian Anglistic circles, half a hundred at least may be found to occur in the Scotch dialect as spoken in the Shetlands; compare De Norröne Sprog på Shetland af Jakob Jakobsen (Köbenhavn, Prior, 1897).

   • 1930, Kemp Malone, “The Terminology of Anglistics.”, in The English Journal, volume 19, number 8, →JSTOR, page 639:

     English studies are now vigorously pursued in our universities, and the childhood of Anglistic scholarship now lies definitely in the past.

   • 1936, The Johns Hopkins University Circular, number 9, page 76:

     In earlier reports has been described the launching of ELH, the Anglistic journal published by the Tudor and Stuart Club of this University and edited by a group of younger alumni of the department.

   • 1959, Stanisław Helsztyński, Anglistic Studies in Poland: Historical Background, page 405:

     In order to improve the efficiency and the quality of Anglistic studies, it was decided to liquidate the provincial centres gradually for the time being, […]

   • 1960, Essays and Studies on English Language and Literature, number 22, page 4:

     Among the Anglistic scholars in Germany at the time, I received the strongest impression of the personality of Schücking and Felix Liebermann, in some measure also of Hoops and Deutschbein.

   • 1973, Romance Philology, volume 26, page 750:

     He cites certain writings, which I must skip, by F. Neumann, H. Schneegans, and Wawra, plus R. La Rosa’s Sicilian monograph (1907) and E. Allen’s Anglistic study published on this side of the Atlantic (1908).

   • 1995, Roselinde Supheert, Yeats in Holland: The Reception of the Work of W.B. Yeats in The Netherlands Before World War Two (Costerus New Series; 104), Editions Rodopi B.V., →ISBN, page 237:

     […] the teaching of English literature and in libraries and anthologies recurs in the most prominent Dutch Anglistic journal.

   • 1996, Lingua, volume 99/100, page 206:

     Holland, the editorial base of Lingua, had for many years played a major role in general linguistic and especially in Anglistic study.