In the middle of a sentence
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JAILEDIn the middle of a sentence
aposiopesisa conscious breaking off in the middle of a sentence
aposiopesesAPOSIOPESIS, a conscious breaking off in the middle of a sentence
tagmemea position in the structure of a sentence
tagmemesTAGMEME, a position in the structure of a sentence
synchysisa confused arrangement of words in a sentence, obscuring the meaning
synchysesSYNCHYSIS, a confused arrangement of words in a sentence, obscuring the meaning
tagmemicpertaining to a tagmeme (a position in the structure of a sentence)
predicatorin systemic grammar, the part of a sentence or clause containing the verbal group
operative(of a word) Having the most relevance or significance in a phrase or sentence
WASWord in the first sentence of a Wikipedia article that indicates its subject passed away
predicatorsPREDICATOR, in systemic grammar, the part of a sentence or clause containing the verbal group
cadencesA fall in pitch of the voice at the end of a phrase or sentence
uptalka rise in pitch at the end usually of a declarative sentence, especially if habitual.
aposiopesisa sudden breaking off in the midst of a sentence, as if from inability or unwillingness to proceed.
anacoluthiaa nonsequential syntactic construction in which the latter part of a sentence does not grammatically fit the earlier
postpositionthe placing of a grammatical element after a word to which it is primarily related in a sentence
enjambements(in verse) The continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza
enjambments(in verse) The continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza
enjambment(in verse) The continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza
anacoluthiasANACOLUTHIA, a nonsequential syntactic construction in which the latter part of a sentence does not grammatically fit the earlier
postpositionsPOSTPOSITION, the placing of a grammatical element after a word to which it is primarily related in a sentence
enjambed(of a line, couplet, or stanza of verse) Ending partway through a sentence or clause that continues in the next
peonagethe practice of holding persons in servitude or partial slavery, as to work off a debt or to serve a penal sentence
peonagesthe practice of holding persons in servitude or partial slavery, as to work off a debt or to serve a penal sentence
sequencearrangement of the tenses of successive verbs in a sentence designed to express a coherent relationship especially between main and subordinate parts
transformationA process by which an element in the underlying deep structure of a sentence is converted to an element in the surface structure
transformationsA process by which an element in the underlying deep structure of a sentence is converted to an element in the surface structure
predicatesThe part of a sentence or clause containing a verb and stating something about the subject (e.g., went home in John went home)
frontingPlace (a sentence element) at the beginning of a sentence instead of in its usual position, typically for emphasis or as feature of some dialects, as in horrible it was
anaphorasThe use of a word referring to or replacing a word used earlier in a sentence, to avoid repetition, such as do in I like it and so do they
uptalksrise in pitch at the end usually of a declarative sentence, esp. if habitual: often represented in writing by a question mark as in Hi, I'm here to read the meter?
uptalkrise in pitch at the end usually of a declarative sentence, esp. if habitual: often represented in writing by a question mark as in Hi, I'm here to read the meter?
commasA punctuation mark (,) indicating a pause between parts of a sentence. It is also used to separate items in a list and to mark the place of thousands in a large numeral
prelexicaldenoting a stage in the formation of a sentence at which words and phrases have not yet replaced all of the underlying grammatical and semantic material of that sentence in the speaker's mind
theed as a function word before a noun to limit its application to that specified by a succeeding element in the sentence the poet Wordsworth the days of our youth didn't have the time to write
factive(of a verb, adjective, or noun phrase) presupposing the truth of an embedded sentence that serves as complement, as realize in I didn't realize that he had left, which presupposes that it is true that he had left
synesisa grammatical construction in which the inflection or form of a word is conditioned by the meaning rather than the syntax, as for example the plural form have with the singular noun group in the sentence the group have already assembled
placeholdersAn element of a sentence that is required by syntactic constraints but carries little or no semantic information, for example the word it as a subject in it is a pity that she left, where the true subject is that she left
placeholderAn element of a sentence that is required by syntactic constraints but carries little or no semantic information, for example the word it as a subject in it is a pity that she left, where the true subject is that she left