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論叢 (ろんそう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

論ろん叢そう

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Meanings

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noun

collection of treatises; essay collection

Formal academic term for a published volume compiling scholarly papers or essays, often on a specific theme.

この論ろん叢そうには、言げん語ご学がくに関かんする重じゅう要ような論ろん文ぶんが多た数すう収しゅう録ろくされている。
This collection of treatises contains many important papers on linguistics.

Kanji

論argument, discourse
叢plexus, clump of bushes, thicket

Similar words

論ろん文ぶん集しゅう
論文集 is a more common, general term for a collection of academic papers, while 論叢 is a formal, somewhat literary term often used for a themed scholarly series.

Etymology

Compound of 論 (argument, discourse) and 叢 (collection, series). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the spelling is conventionally associated with a scholarly compilation.