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What does parataxis mean?

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Noun
  1. (grammar) Speech or writing in which clauses or phrases are placed together without being separated by conjunctions, for example "I came; I saw; I conquered".
  2. (literature) The juxtaposition of two images or fragments, usually starkly dissimilar, without a clear connection.
  3. (politics) A coalition or "partisan camp" in the Ancient Greek political system.
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A qualitative analysis of the two texts revealed a number of differences in discourse structure, including different patterns of hypotaxis and parataxis.
The relation of coordination may be that of clause-chaining, parataxis, or conjunction.
They were also asked, gradually, over weeks, to increase the use of enjambment, parataxis, and disassociation, using the same base material.
It is argued that parataxis appears more commonly than hypotaxis in Chinese.
We do not inhabit a fixed or even firm milieu, the poem suggests, while enacting polyvalence and parataxis.
Causally related predications and the choice between parataxis and hypotaxis in Latin.

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