Information about Asyndeton
Asyndeton is a stylistic scheme in which conjunctions are deliberately omitted from a series of related clauses. Examples are veni, vidi, vici and its English translation "I came, I saw, I conquered." Its use can have the effect of speeding up the rhythm of a passage and making a single idea more memorable. More generally, in grammar, an asyndetic coordination is a type of coordination in which no coordinating conjunction is present between the conjuncts.
Aristotle wrote in his Rhetoric that this device was more effective in spoken oratories than in written prose:
Asyndeton may be contrasted with syndeton (syndetic coordination) and polysyndeton, which describe the use of one or multiple coordinating conjunctions, respectively.
Aristotle wrote in his Rhetoric that this device was more effective in spoken oratories than in written prose:
- "Thus strings of unconnected words, and constant repetitions of words and phrases, are very properly condemned in written speeches: but not in spoken speeches — speakers use them freely, for they have a dramatic effect. In this repetition there must be variety of tone, paving the way, as it were, to dramatic effect; e.g. 'This is the villain among you who deceived you, who cheated you, who meant to betray you completely.'" Aristotle, Rhetoric, Book III, Chapter 12 (trans. W. Rhys Roberts).
- "For the conclusion, the disconnected style of language is appropriate, and will mark the difference between the oration and the peroration. 'I have done. You have heard me. The facts are before you. I ask for your judgement.'" Aristotle, Rhetoric, Book III, Chapter 19 (trans. W. Rhys Roberts).
- "...and that government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth." Abraham Lincoln, Gettysburg Address
- "...that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty." John F. Kennedy Inaugural Address, January 20, 1961.
- "We must... hold them, as we hold the rest of mankind, Enemies in War, in Peace Friends."
Asyndeton may be contrasted with syndeton (syndetic coordination) and polysyndeton, which describe the use of one or multiple coordinating conjunctions, respectively.
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- Online version of Aristotle's Rhetoric
- Corbett, Edward P.J. Classical Rhetoric for the Modern Student. Oxford University Press, New York, 1971.
- Smyth, Herbert Weir (1920). Greek Grammar. Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press, p. 674. ISBN 0-674-36250-0.
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Syndeton or syndetic coordination in grammar is a form of syntactic coordination of the elements of a sentence (conjuncts) with the help of a coordinating conjunction.
In a simple syndeton, two conjuncts are joined by a conjunction: "I will have eggs and ham".
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In a simple syndeton, two conjuncts are joined by a conjunction: "I will have eggs and ham".
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Syndeton or syndetic coordination in grammar is a form of syntactic coordination of the elements of a sentence (conjuncts) with the help of a coordinating conjunction.
In a simple syndeton, two conjuncts are joined by a conjunction: "I will have eggs and ham".
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In a simple syndeton, two conjuncts are joined by a conjunction: "I will have eggs and ham".
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In terms of syntax, parataxis may resemble asyndetic coordination, and sometimes it is difficult to draw a distinction between the two.
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