单词 | anacoluthon |
释义 | anacoluthonn. Grammar. Change of construction in mid‐sentence such that the initial construction is left unfinished. Also: a sentence or construction in which this occurs. Cf. anacoluthia n. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > inaccuracy, inexactness > incorrectness of language > [noun] > error in grammar > error of sequence > instance of anacoluthon1583 1583 C. Rosdell tr. J. Calvin Comm. Romanes v. f. 66v Wee see one onely parte of the comparison expressed, the other being by that vice in writing called anacoluthon, that is a non sequele or consequent, omitted. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Anacolython,..a Rhetorical Figure, when a Word that is to answer another, is not express'd. 1876 H. Sweet Anglo-Saxon Reader i. 1 The style is of the rudest character..abrupt, disconnected, obscure and full of anacoluthons. 1926 H. W. Fowler Dict. Mod. Eng. Usage 611/2 A form of anacoluthon in which a sentence is begun with what appears to be the subject, but before the verb is reached something else is substituted in word or in thought, & the supposed subject is left in the air. 2011 A. McKain & T. Merrill in P. M. Logan Encycl. of Novel II. 700/1 The opening sentence of the second volume of Proust's À la recherche du temps perdu..employs anacoluthon, an abrupt change of syntax within a sentence, in order to wind its way sinuously to a sharp, unexpected comic conclusion. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1583 |
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