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‖ nominativus pendens|ˌnɒmɪnəˈtaɪvəs ˈpɛndɛnz|
[L.]
(See quot. 1926.)
1867Wharton Law-Lexicon (ed. 4) 647/2 Nominativus pendens, a nominative case grammatically unconnected with the rest of the sentence in which it stands. 1926Fowler Mod. Eng. Usage 611/2 Nominativus pendens.., ‘hanging nominative’. A form of anacoluthon in which a sentence is begun with what appears to be the subject, but before the verb is reached something else is substituted in word or in thought, & the supposed subject is left in the air. 1929C. Mackenzie Gallipoli Memories viii. 124 And I would have turned a gerund into a participle here and there..and probably there would be a vile nominativus pendens. 1929Blunden Near & Far 12 While the pallid herd Of Grecians limit their pedantic gaze To some prodigious nominativus pendens. 1963F. T. Visser Hist. Syntax Eng. Lang. I. i. i. 61 This subject is sometimes called ‘nominativus pendens’ or ‘dangling subject’. |