anacoluthon
A sentence or clause that is grammatically inconsistent, especially with respect to…A sentence or clause that is grammatically inconsistent, especially with respect to the type of clausal or phrasal complement for the initial clause.
Meaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)A sentence or clause that is grammatically inconsistent, especially with respect to the type of clausal or phrasal complement for the initial clause.
(countable, rhetoric, uncountable)Intentional use of such a structure.
Anakoluth, Satzbruch
анаколу́фanakolúf
- an abrupt change within a sentence from one syntactic structure to another
Translations
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Origin
From Late Latin anacolūthon, from Ancient Greek ἀνακόλουθον (anakólouthon, “without sequenFrom Late Latin anacolūthon, from Ancient Greek ἀνακόλουθον (anakólouthon, “without sequence, anomalous [of inflections or grammatical constructions]”), from ἀ(ν)- (a(n)-, “un-”) + ἀκόλουθος (akólouthos, “following”). Compare English non sequitur, from an analogous Latin phrase, denoting a different but related concept.
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Forms
plural: anacolutha / anacoluthonsSynonyms
1 synonyms- an abrupt change within a sentence from one syntactic structure to another:anacoluthia
Word family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular
- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable