HyperDic: anacoluthon

English > 1 sense of the word anacoluthon:
NOUNcommunicationanacoluthon, anacoluthiaan abrupt change within a sentence from one syntactic structure to another
English > anacoluthon: 1 sense > noun 1, communication
MeaningAn abrupt change within a sentence from one syntactic structure to another.
Synonymanacoluthia
Broaderrhetorical deviceA use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance)
Spanishanacoluto
Catalananacolut
Adjectivesanacoluthicof or related to syntactic inconsistencies of the sort known as anacoluthons

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