词汇 | parataxis |
释义 | parataxis noun[ U ] language specializeduk /ˌpær.əˈtæk.sɪs/ us /ˌper.əˈtæk.səs/ a situation in which two clauses or phrases are used one after the other without a conjunction(= connecting word) between them to show their relationship to each other: "May I be happy; may I be peaceful; may I be free" is an example of parataxis. In particular, he notes parataxis as a frequent feature of this style. The entire text is composed in a loose manner that borders on parataxis. He discusses four different syntactic relations: complementation, modification, coordination, and parataxis. This novel uses parataxis without connectives, thus requiring the reader's participation in the sense-making process. It exemplifies a style of poetry based on the rhetorical figure of parataxis units placed together without connectives or subordination. Linguistic terms & linguistic style accentual affricate allophone allophony anaphor contextualize easy read emphatic entailment etymological etymologically idiomatic inflected language philological philologically polysemy portmanteau word prescriptivism stylistics tautology Related wordsparatactic paratactically |
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