anacoluthic

Thân thiện

An author's anacoluthic sentence suddenly changes direction mid-thought.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Relating to or characterized by anacoluthon: Describes a grammatical structure or sentence that exhibits a lack of syntactic consistency or sequence, where the latter part does not grammatically follow from the first part.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • The author's anacoluthic style, full of interrupted thoughts, made the novel challenging to read.
  • His speech was deliberately anacoluthic to mimic the natural flow of conversation, with its pauses and shifts.

Advanced Usage

• Literary and Rhetorical Analysis: The term is often used in academic or critical discussions of literature, rhetoric, and linguistics to describe a deliberate stylistic device or an unintentional grammatical error that breaks the expected flow of a sentence.
  • The poet's use of anacoluthic constructions was praised for its modern, stream-of-consciousness effect.

Variants and Related Words

• Anacoluthon (noun): The instance of syntactic inconsistency itself; a sentence or construction that lacks grammatical sequence.
  • The sentence "While in the garden, a rabbit hopped by" is considered an anacoluthon by some grammarians.

Synonyms

• Inconsistent (syntactically): Lacking grammatical harmony or sequence.
• Aposiopetic: Relating to a sudden breaking off of a sentence (a specific type of rhetorical break, which can create an anacoluthic effect).

Related Phrases and Concepts

• Syntactic break: A general term for an interruption in the grammatical structure of a sentence.
• Anacoluthia (noun): The use of anacoluthons, especially as a sustained stylistic feature.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. of or related to syntactic inconsistencies of the sort known as anacoluthons