Textual Matter (Noun)
Meaning
The words of something written; "there were more than a thousand words of text"; "they handed out the printed text of the mayor's speech"; "he wants to reconstruct the original text".
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- The textual content of a novel is much longer than that of a short story.
- The editor was careful in selecting the textual matter to be included in the anthology.
- The teacher distributed the textual matter of last week's lessons to the new student.
- The researcher spent years studying the historical context of the textual matter in the ancient manuscript.
- The textual matter of the play was complex and open to multiple interpretations.