anataxis

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English

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Etymology

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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).

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Noun

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anataxis (uncountable)

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

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References

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