Date: Fri, 2 Jan 1998 16:47:00 -0400
From: Stirling Newberry <allegro-AT-thecia.net>
Subject: Re: PLC: Anaphora?


At 3:02 PM -0500 1/2/98, Eric Yost wrote:
>When it's time to go, it's TIME to GO!
>
>Could one rightly argue that this is an anaphora? Granted a very inbred and
>minimalist anaphora ... but still an anaphora?
>
>[anaphora: repetition of a word or words at the beginning of two or more
>successive verses]
>
>George, I don't know if you got an answer so here's a wild shot.
>
>
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Syllepsis. Use of the same word in two successive phrases which is intended
to be taken differently - the particular statement in question also relied
upon an enthymeme to establish antithesis.


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