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Textual vs Textuality - What's the difference?

textual | textuality |

As an adjective textual

is of, or pertaining to text.

As a noun textuality is

the attributes that distinguish a text as an object of study.

textual

English

Alternative forms

* textuall (obsolete)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of, or pertaining to text.
  • Pertaining to text messages, by analogy with (sexual): textual harassment, textual intercourse; compare (sexting).

    • Related terms

    * textually * textualism * textuary

    textuality

    English

    (wikipedia textuality)

    Noun

  • (literature, linguistics) The attributes that distinguish a text as an object of study.

    • Derived terms

    * bitextuality * cybertextuality * hypertextuality * metatextuality