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10 Language-to-English Dictionariescuerpo de literatura
Pronunciation / Transliteration: ˈkweɾ.po ðe li.te.ɾaˈtu.ɾa
"Debemos revisar el cuerpo de literatura antes de comenzar la investigación."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
The total collection of written works, research papers, articles, and books relating to a specific subject or field of study.
"Researchers must thoroughly review the existing body of literature before designing a new empirical study." - 2
An authoritative assemblage of creative or scholarly texts considered as a collective entity.
"Her extensive body of literature on post-colonial economics has significantly influenced modern policy."
Thesaurus & Semantic Spectrum
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the combination of 'body' (from Middle English 'bodi', Old English 'bodig', meaning a collection or aggregate) and 'literature' (from Latin 'litteratura', meaning writing formed with letters). The specific collocation emerged in academic and professional discourse during the 20th century to denote the totality of published works on a particular subject.
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साहित्य का भंडार
Transliteration: sahitya ka bhandar
"शोधकर्ताओं को इस विषय पर साहित्य के भंडार का अध्ययन करना चाहिए।"
文献库
Transliteration: wén xiàn kù
"研究人员必须回顾现有的文献库。"
corps de littérature
Transliteration: kor də li.tə.ʁa.tyʁ
"Il faut analyser le corps de littérature existant sur ce sujet."
Literaturkorpus
Transliteration: li.tə.ʁaˈtuːɐ̯ˌkoʁ.pʊs
"Das gesamte Literaturkorpus zu diesem Thema muss überprüft werden."
corpus della letteratura
Transliteration: ˈkɔr.pus del.la lit.te.raˈtuː.ra
"Il corpus della letteratura su questo argomento è vasto."
cuerpo de literatura
Transliteration: ˈkweɾ.po ðe li.te.ɾaˈtu.ɾa
"Debemos revisar el cuerpo de literatura antes de comenzar la investigación."
conjunto de literatura
Transliteration: kõˈʒũ.tu dʒi li.te.ɾaˈtu.ɾɐ
"O conjunto de literatura sobre o tema é muito abrangente."
문헌 총서
Transliteration: munheon chongseo
"연구자는 해당 분야의 방대한 문헌 총서를 검토해야 합니다."
文献集
Transliteration: bunken-shū
"その主題に関する膨大な文献集を調査する必要があります。"
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