Chrestomathy
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Chrestomathy (Greek, from the words khrestos, useful, and mathein, to know) is a selection of linguistic writings which can be used in learning a language.
In philology or in the study of literature, it is a type of reader or anthology which presents a sequence of example texts, selected to demonstrate the development of language or literary style.
See also Program Chrestomathy.
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