ANACOLUTHON
anacoluthia, anacoluthon
(noun) an abrupt change within a sentence from one syntactic structure to another
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
anacoluthon (plural anacolutha or anacoluthons)
(grammar) A sentence or clause that is grammatically inconsistent, especially with respect to the type of clausal or phrasal complement for the initial clause.
(rhetoric) Intentional use of such a structure.
Hyponyms
• anapodoton
• nominativus pendens
Source: Wiktionary
An`a*co*lu"thon, n. Etym: [Gr. (Gram.)
Definition: A want of grammatical sequence or coherence in a sentence; an
instance of a change of construction in a sentence so that the latter
part does not syntactically correspond with the first part.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition