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ANACOLUTHON
ANACOLUTHON. [Stress: ‘a-na-ko-L(Y)OO-thon’]. Also anacoluthia. In RHETORIC, a break or change of direction in a speech: ‘I will have such revenges on you both, / That all the world shall—I will do such things, / What they are, yet I know not’ ( Shakespeare, King Lear, 2.4). In texts, the break is often signalled by a DASH: ‘I was listening to the news—this man, he's a company director in London—the police arrested him.’
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TOM McARTHUR. "ANACOLUTHON." Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language. 1998. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. TOM McARTHUR. "ANACOLUTHON." Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language. 1998. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O29-ANACOLUTHON.html TOM McARTHUR. "ANACOLUTHON." Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language. 1998. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O29-ANACOLUTHON.html |
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T. F. HOAD. "anacoluthon." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "anacoluthon." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-anacoluthon.html T. F. HOAD. "anacoluthon." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-anacoluthon.html |
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anacoluthon
anacoluthon A Greek term for a sentence which is grammatically unfinished. It is possible that instances in Paul's letters are due to interruptions when he was dictating (e.g. Gal. 2: 4).
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W. R. F. BROWNING. "anacoluthon." A Dictionary of the Bible. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. W. R. F. BROWNING. "anacoluthon." A Dictionary of the Bible. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O94-anacoluthon.html W. R. F. BROWNING. "anacoluthon." A Dictionary of the Bible. 1997. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O94-anacoluthon.html |
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anacoluthon (Greek, ‘wanting sequence’), a sentence in which a fresh construction is adopted before the former is complete.
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MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "anacoluthon." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "anacoluthon." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-anacoluthon.html MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "anacoluthon." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-anacoluthon.html |
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