Posted on 07/21/2011 6:24:06 AM PDT by secret garden
In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of "Word for the Day".
anacoluthon \an-uh-kuh-LOO-thahn\ ; noun
syntactical inconsistency or incoherence within a sentence; especially : a shift in an unfinished sentence from one syntactic construction to another
Example sentences:
Shakespeare uses anacoluthon to express the king's emotion in this line from Henry V: "Rather proclaim it, Westmorelan, through my host, / That he which hath no stomach to this fight, / Let him depart."
"The anacoluthon is not a trope of meaning, like metaphor or metonymy, but it is rather a disruption in a meaningful pattern."
-- From Yasco Horsman's 2011 book Theaters of Justice
Etymology:
Looking at examples of -- never mind that, we can't think of any -- let us look at the history of "anacoluthon." (Or maybe we can think of an example. The shift in the preceding sentence from "looking at examples of" to "let us look at the root of" is one!) "Anacoluthon" traces back to Greek "anakolouthos," which means "inconsistent" and is a compound of "an-" ("not") and "akolouthos" ("following"). Anacolutha (the word's plural form) frequently occur in speech and in literary writing especially to express excited or distraught emotion or thoughts.
The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day. The Review threads are linked for your edification. ;-)
Practice makes perfect.....post on....
Review Thread One: Word For The Day, Thursday 11/14/02: Raffish (Be SURE to check out posts #92 and #111 on this thread!)
Review Thread Two: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/14/03: Roister
Review Thread Three: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/28/03: Obdurate
WFB's attempt to emulate us ; ) No pushing at the door please!
Rise and shine!
Who?
I meant “Anna who”?
That’s just waaay too complicated for my little pea brain. Sorry.
Sorry, it’s too hot for any type of “thon”.
Lamh Foistenach Abu!
it is a wondrous word, running wild through our imaginations.
Heat advisory again here.
A for you!
Analcolonthon: A program where you “donate” ever more taxes to the Gov’t, getting reamed out the backside in the process...
I’m glad you like it!
The more I read about the Go6 plan, the more I dislike it. A for you!
Obama committed the following anacoluthon: “Let me be perfectly...that is, ummm I mean—who the hell turned off my teleprompter?”
A for you!
Beautiful! Maybe I can find a couple of those to insert in my “rabbit salad bar”. Those little devils have munched off all the easily reached gazanias. The upper ones are untouched, as well as the sweet potato vines. Marigolds will be in the same color spectrum and might look good in there. The rabbits will leave those alone.
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