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

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