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- Asyndeton and its Interpretation in Latin Literature
- Frontispiece
- Asyndeton and its Interpretation in Latin Literature
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Part 1 Introduction
- Part 2 ‘Grammatical’ Types
- Part 3 Semantic Types
- Part 4 Structures
- Chapter XVI Rule of Ascending Length (?)
- Chapter XVII Correlative Distribution
- Chapter XVIII End-Of-List Coordination and ‘Weak’ Asyndeton Bimembre
- Chapter XIX Accumulations of Asyndeta: a Few Patterns
- Chapter XX Discontinuous Asyndeton and Conjunct Hyperbaton
- Chapter XXI Asyndetic Pairs Dependent on a Single Preposition
- Part 5 Genres And Texts
- Part 6 Conclusions
- Bibliography
- Subject Index
- Index Mainly of Selected Pairs and Longer Sequences
- Selective Index Locorum
Chapter XIX - Accumulations of Asyndeta: a Few Patterns
from Part 4 - Structures
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 13 May 2021
- Asyndeton and its Interpretation in Latin Literature
- Frontispiece
- Asyndeton and its Interpretation in Latin Literature
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Part 1 Introduction
- Part 2 ‘Grammatical’ Types
- Part 3 Semantic Types
- Part 4 Structures
- Chapter XVI Rule of Ascending Length (?)
- Chapter XVII Correlative Distribution
- Chapter XVIII End-Of-List Coordination and ‘Weak’ Asyndeton Bimembre
- Chapter XIX Accumulations of Asyndeta: a Few Patterns
- Chapter XX Discontinuous Asyndeton and Conjunct Hyperbaton
- Chapter XXI Asyndetic Pairs Dependent on a Single Preposition
- Part 5 Genres And Texts
- Part 6 Conclusions
- Bibliography
- Subject Index
- Index Mainly of Selected Pairs and Longer Sequences
- Selective Index Locorum
Summary
By ‘accumulation’ I mean the juxtaposition of one asyndetic pair with another pair, or with more than one other, or the placement of an asyndetic pair alongside or within coordinated groups of various lengths and types. An asyndeton bimembre is in an accumulation if it is not free-standing but is part of a sequence of items that are coordinated syndetically or asyndetically, or have a mixture of both types of coordination. Accumulations have come up frequently already in these introductory chapters, and they will come up more extensively in the later chapters dealing with writers and genres. Accumulations are a prominent location for asyndeta bimembria, such that they are one determinant of this type of asyndeton (see XXXII.3.1). Two words that are usually coordinated may well be used for once asyndetically because they are placed in such a sequence. My aim here is simply to introduce accumulations containing asyndeta bimembria with a little more detail than has been provided so far, but the most comprehensive lists and classifications will be found in later chapters, particularly on Cicero and the historians.
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- Asyndeton and its Interpretation in Latin LiteratureHistory, Patterns, Textual Criticism, pp. 211 - 219Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021