par·a·tax·is (p r  -tk s s)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.] par a·tactic (-tktk), para·tacti·cal (-t-kl) adj.par a·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.
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