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单词 anacoluthia
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anacoluthian.

Brit. /ˌanəkəˈluːθɪə/, U.S. /ˌænəkəˈluθiə/
Forms: 1800s– anacolouthia, 1800s– anacoluthia.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin anacoluthia.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin anacoluthia (1562 or earlier) < ancient Greek ἀνακολουθία (in rhetoric) inconsequence, especially employed with humorous effect < ἀνακόλουθος (see anacoluthon n.) + -ία -ia suffix1. Compare earlier anacoluthon n.Compare German Anakoluthie (1782 or earlier as †Anacoluthie). N.E.D. (1884) gives the pronunciation as (æ:năkoliū·þiă) /ˌænəkəʊˈl(j)uːθɪə/.
Grammar.
Change of construction in mid‐sentence such that the initial construction is left unfinished. Also: a sentence or construction in which this occurs. Cf. anacoluthon n.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > inaccuracy, inexactness > incorrectness of language > [noun] > error in grammar > error of sequence
anacoluthia1818
1818 E. V. Blomfield tr. A. Matthiæ Copious Greek Gram. II. 697 Xenophon has another anacoluthia [Ger. Anakoluthie].
1851 G. Woods tr. I. N. Madvig Lat. Gram. (ed. 2) 426 This want of strict grammatical coherence is called Anacoluthia.
1961 PMLA 76 514/2 We find constant and very conscious employment of halting tactics like anacoluthia, aposiopesis or apostrophe.
2005 S. Smith Irish Poetry iii. 50 Conventions of speech are subverted in their very use, normal syntactic patterns are dislocated, displaced, cut short; the poetry abounds in anacoluthia.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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