PARATAXIS


Meaning of PARATAXIS in English

/ ˌpærəˈtæksɪs; NAmE / noun

[ U ] ( grammar ) the placing of clauses and phrases one after the other, without words to link them or show their relationship

—compare hypotaxis

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WORD ORIGIN

mid 19th cent.: from Greek parataxis , from para- beside + taxis arrangement (from tassein arrange).

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.