anacoluthic
Definition
- 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.
Adjective
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of or related to syntactic inconsistencies of the sort known as anacoluthons
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