“He lay still. It was all right. The bull was gone”–Programming an “amplification” of meaning in some examples of “paratactic” sentence combinations

Parataxis is a notion which generally applies to clause combining within the sentence. This article broaches the question of whether it can be applied between sentences. Certain sequences of sentences can be likened to the famous veni, vidi, vici as they involve a similar association of contextual v...

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Main Author: Fiona Rossette
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cercle linguistique du Centre et de l'Ouest - CerLICO
Series:Corela
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/corela/2437