anataxis
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
ana- (“again”) + taxis (“arrangment of parts”), by analogy with syntaxis. There appears to be no relation to Ancient Greek ἀνάταξις (anátaxis, “financial estimate, assessment”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
anataxis (uncountable)
- (linguistics) difference in ordering between consecutive syntactic layers
Translations[edit]
difference in ordering between consecutive syntactic layers
References[edit]
- Lockwood, D. (2005). Syntactic analysis and description: A constructional approach. A&C Black. p. 324.