parataxis

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There is a technical term for this kind of writing - parataxis, defined by the Oxford English Dictionary as "the placing of propositions or clauses one after the other without indicating ... the relation of co-ordination or subordination between them."

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  1. noun The juxtaposition of clauses or phrases without the use of coordinating or subordinating conjunctions, as It was cold; the snows came.

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  • There is a technical term for this kind of writing - parataxis, defined by the Oxford English Dictionary as "the placing of propositions or clauses one after the other without indicating ... the relation of co-ordination or subordination between them." —  Writing for the Web
  • The opposite of parataxis is hypotaxis, the marking of relations between propositions and clause by connectives that point backward or forward. —  Writing for the Web
  • There is a technical term for this kind of writing - parataxis, defined by the Oxford English Dictionary as "the placing of propositions or clauses one after the other without indicating ... the relation of co-ordination or subordination between them." ... —  Corrente
  • The opposite of parataxis is hypotaxis, the marking of relations between propositions and clause by connectives that point backward or forward. ... —  Corrente
  • As parataxis (loose relationships between clauses) gives way to hypotaxis, there is a need for pronouns to signal the union between clauses —  Recently Uploaded Slideshows
 

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  1. Greek, a placing side by side, from paratassein, to arrange side by side : para-, beside; see para-1 + tassein, tag-, to arrange.

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  1. New Latin, from Greek παράταξις, a placing side by side, from παρατάσσ, σ1ειν, place beside, from παρά, beside, + τάσσ, σ1ειν, arrange: see tactic.
 

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/pærəˈtæksɪs/
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