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parataxis
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par·a·tax·is  (pr-tkss)
n.
The juxtaposition of clauses or phrases without the use of coordinating or subordinating conjunctions, as It was cold; the snows came.
[Greek, a placing side by side, from paratassein, to arrange side by side : para-, beside; see para-1 + tassein, tag-, to arrange.]
para·tactic (-tktk), para·tacti·cal (-t-kl) adj.
para·tacti·cal·ly adv.
parataxis [ˌpærəˈtæksɪs]
n
(Linguistics / Grammar) the juxtaposition of clauses in a sentence without the use of a conjunction, as for example None of my friends stayed — they all left early
[New Latin from Greek, from paratassein, literally: to arrange side by side, from para-1 + tassein to arrange]
paratactic  [ˌpærəˈtæktɪk] adj
paratactically  adv
parataxis
arrangement of thoughts as coordinate units in grammatical construction. Cf. hypotaxis. — paratactic, adj.
See also: Grammar
Translations
parataxis [ˌpærəˈtæksɪs] N → parataxis f
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The disparate signs are instructive not for what they sell, but for the way the text paratactically juxtaposes them to produce surreal contexts (like the ghetto itself) in which transparent readings are undermined: General Ham and smoked ham, chicken and insurance, funerals and fertile "womens.
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Mark Dion: Musee d'Art Contemporain, Nimes, France by Shaw, Lytle / Artforum International
Isomorphic syntactical elements are paratactically juxtaposed, and Pindaric syntax is superimposed on the German syntax, displacing the latter.
Foucault's Holderlin by Kistner, Ulrike / Journal of Literary Studies
 
 
 
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