text type
Noun
Meaning
(countable) A type of written text, such as descriptive, narrative, expository or argumentative.
When you write your article, select a text type which suits your purpose.
(uncountable) Such types considered collectively.
The students were required to analyze the article based on text type.
text-type (plural text-types)
Alternative spelling of text type
Alternative names
text-type
Examples
According to him Origen brought to Caesarea the Alexandrian text-type which was used in this codex, and used by Jerome.
A text-type referred to as the " Caesarean text-type " and thought to have included witnesses such as Codex Koridethi and minuscule 565, can today be described neither as "Caesarean" nor as a text-type as was previously thought.
A "text-type" is the name given to a family of texts with similar readings due to common ancestors and mutual correction.
Modern texual critics have identified the following text-types among textual witnesses to the New Testament: The Alexandrian text-type is usually considered to generally preserve many early readings.
The quotations refer to the fulfillment of a prophecy of Psalm 2:7 found in the Western text-type of Luke 3:22.
This reading was derived from John 19:34 and occurs in other manuscripts of the Alexandrian text-type.