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  • 1 polysyndeton

    многосоюзие, полисиндетон
    repeated use of conjunctions
    - is to strengthen the idea of equal logical/emotive importance of connected sentences

    By the time he had got all the bottles and dishes and knives and forks and glasses and plates and spoons and things piled up on big trays, he was getting very hot, and red in the face, and annoyed. (A.Tolkien)

    Bella soaped his face and rubbed his face, and soaped his hands and rubbed his hands, and splashed him, and rinsed him, and towelled him, until he was as red as beetroot. (Ch.Dickens)

    Source: V.A.K.
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    the SD of connecting sentences, or phrases, or syntagms, or words by using connectives (mostly conjunctions and prepositions) before each component part
    - makes an utterance more rhythmical; so much so that prose may even seem like verse
    - has a disintegrating function (generally combines homogeneous elements of thought into one whole resembling enumeration);
    - causes each member of a string of facts to stand out conspicuously unlike enumeration, which integrates both homogeneous and heterogeneous elements into one whole

    The heaviest rain, and snow, and hail, and sleet, could boast of the advantage over him in only one respect. (Ch.Dickens)

    Source: I.R.G.
    Ant.: asyndeton

    English-Russian dictionary of stylistics (terminology and examples) > polysyndeton

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  • string — stringless, adj. stringlike, adj. /string/, n., v., strung; strung or (Rare) stringed; stringing. n. 1. a slender cord or thick thread used for binding or tying; line. 2. something resembling a cord or thread. 3. Physics. a mathematical entity… …   Universalium

  • string — /strɪŋ / (say string) noun 1. a line, cord, or thread, used for tying parcels, etc. 2. a narrow strip of cloth, leather, etc., for tying parts together: strings of a bonnet. 3. something resembling a string or thread. 4. a number of objects, as… …  

  • string — strɪŋ n. cord; something resembling a cord or thread; fiber of a plant; group of objects linked together; series of connected events; chain of characters which are processed as one unit (Computers) v. furnish with strings; tie with a string;… …   English contemporary dictionary

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  • stringy — adjective (stringier, stringiest) 1》 resembling string in being long and thin.     ↘tall, wiry, and thin. 2》 (of food) tough and fibrous. 3》 (of a liquid) viscous; forming strings. Derivatives stringily adverb stringiness noun …   English new terms dictionary

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