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hypotaxis
[ hahy-puh-tak-sis ]
noun
Grammar.
- dependent relation or construction, as of clauses; syntactic subordination.
hypotaxis
/ ˌhaɪpəʊˈtæktɪk; ˌhaɪpəʊˈtæksɪs /
noun
- grammar the subordination of one clause to another by a conjunction Compare parataxis
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Derived Forms
- hypotactic, adjective
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Other yvlog Forms
- ··ٲ·پ [hahy-p, uh, -, tak, -tik, hip-, uh, -], adjective
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yvlog History and Origins
Origin of hypotaxis1
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Example Sentences
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Trump’s inability to master hypotaxis, the embedding of clauses within clauses—his tendency to keep elaborating on a single, incomplete clause until he runs out of steam—may, as University of Edinburgh language specialist Geoffrey Pullum told Vox, betray “scattered thoughts, a short span of attention, and a lack of intellectual discipline and analytical skills.”
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