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ANACOLUTHIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An abrupt change within a sentence from one syntactic structure to another
Synonyms:
anacoluthia; anacoluthon
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("anacoluthia" is a kind of...):
rhetorical device (a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance))
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