anataxis

English

Etymology

From 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

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˌanəˈtaksɪs/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˌænəˈtæksəs/

Noun

anataxis (uncountable)

  1. (linguistics) difference in ordering between consecutive syntactic layers

Translations

References

  • Lockwood, D. (2005). Syntactic analysis and description: A constructional approach. A&C Black. p. 324.