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asyndeton [æˈsɪndɪtən] n pl -deta [-dɪtə] 1. (Linguistics) the omission of a conjunction between the parts of a sentence 2. (Linguistics) an asyndetic construction Compare syndeton [from New Latin, from Greek asundeton, from asundetos unconnected, from a-1 + sundein to bind together] asyndeton a rhetorical device in which conjunctions or other connecting words are omitted, produced a staccato, emphatic effect. — asyndetic, adj. See also: Rhetoric and Rhetorical Devices
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Third, the fracturing of grammar, the disjunction of style, asyndeton, and the juxtaposition of styles may have had an impact upon hearers. Indeed, Messiah, God, angels - linked by asyndeton as Jonsonian as it is Miltonic - take the place of Jonson's four Lucanic characters; and "Heav'n, Hell, Earth, Chaos, All" are thrust together, or apart, as violently as are the elements of Lucan's "world. |
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