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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
- Chapter I Asyndetic and Syndetic Coordination: Definitions and Types
- Chapter II ‘Asyndeta’ That May Not Be Asyndeta: Roles of Adjectives; Appositional Compounds; and ‘Asyndetic Hendiadys’
- Chapter III Asyndeton Versus Coordination, an Introduction
- Chapter IV Lists of Two Types
- Chapter V Supposed ‘Effects’ of Asyndeton
- Part 2 ‘Grammatical’ Types
- Part 3 Semantic Types
- Part 4 Structures
- Part 5 Genres And Texts
- Part 6 Conclusions
- Bibliography
- Subject Index
- Index Mainly of Selected Pairs and Longer Sequences
- Selective Index Locorum
Chapter I - Asyndetic and Syndetic Coordination: Definitions and Types
from Part 1 - Introduction
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
- Chapter I Asyndetic and Syndetic Coordination: Definitions and Types
- Chapter II ‘Asyndeta’ That May Not Be Asyndeta: Roles of Adjectives; Appositional Compounds; and ‘Asyndetic Hendiadys’
- Chapter III Asyndeton Versus Coordination, an Introduction
- Chapter IV Lists of Two Types
- Chapter V Supposed ‘Effects’ of Asyndeton
- Part 2 ‘Grammatical’ Types
- Part 3 Semantic Types
- Part 4 Structures
- Part 5 Genres And Texts
- Part 6 Conclusions
- Bibliography
- Subject Index
- Index Mainly of Selected Pairs and Longer Sequences
- Selective Index Locorum
Summary
‘Asyndeton’ has been used by classicists in mixed ways. In this book I use the term as it is used in modern linguistics, to refer to a form of coordination. Various other phenomena, though interesting in their own right and often labelled ‘asyndeta’ by classical commentators and others, are left aside, worthy as they may be of study. I start with ‘coordination’.
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- Asyndeton and its Interpretation in Latin LiteratureHistory, Patterns, Textual Criticism, pp. 3 - 32Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021