10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BRACHYLOGY»
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brachylogy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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1
The First Book of Samuel
+ gôr#l.276 Here, there is a brachylogy, namely, an ellipsis of the noun “lots.” The
phrase “to cause the lots to fall” became an idiom which means “to decide.”
Hence, even after the ellipsis of “the lots,” the verb *npl (Hi.) keeps this idiomatic ...
David Toshio Tsumura, 2007
2
The Colometry of Latin Prose
Because of the close grammatical parallelism and the dependent relationship
between the two or more units in brachylogy, one might expect such units to
cohere into a single colon. The opposite is the case, as a great deal of evidence,
chiefly ...
3
English Historical Linguistics 2006: Syntax and morphology
These facts point to morphological brachylogy/ellipsis being used at least some
of the time. It is conceivable that the paradigmatic selection option would be more
likely where the lexical frequency of zero-adverb is high, or in an informal ...
Maurizio Gotti, Marina Dossena, Richard Dury, 2008
4
The syntax and synonyms of the Greek Testament
In addition to these, of which no further examples need be given, there are
various concise modes of expression closely allied to the Ellipsis, to which the
terms Brachylogy (fipa^y- Xoyia), Zeugma, Aposiopesis, have been applied.
Instances of ...
5
Grammar of the New Testament Diction: intended as an ...
39. there would, in like manner, be a brachylogy in the words xcti fijAug f/juprvptg
vuvrcuv oiv kxoiriciv - -, ov xa) (the reading according to the best authorities)
amTkoii xpi(JMUUvrtg iri %v\ov, if the meaning were : we are witnesses of all that
...
Georg Benedikt Winer, 1860
6
A Treatise on the Grammar of New Testament Greek: Regarded ...
39 , xai ruing (idgzvgtg navzatv av InolrjOtv . . ., ov x a 1 (the reading of the best
authorities) dvelkov xgcfidoavzcg i tu. tvkov , may be an example of brachylogy,
— the sense being we are witnesses of all that He did, also of the fact that they
put ...
Georg Benedikt Winer, 1870
7
The Sentences of Sextus and the Origins of Christian Ascetiscism
Socrates' predilection for brachylogy over macrology is not a mere matter of style.
Brachylogy is part of Socrates' dialectical strategy and functions as an
argumentative trump card that enables the philosopher to disclose the limits of
rhetoric as ...
8
A grammar of the Greek language, chiefly from the Germ. of ...
Obs. 3: but this too may perhaps be referred to brachylogy. Obs. In G. T. Matt. xiii.
8 and Mark iv. 8 there is an ellipse of some Bubstantive after the numerals, <ca<
eSiSov napnov, 6 pi* tKaibv k. t. X. It may possibly be Kapnois or aitippara. II.
William Edward Jelf, Raphael Kühner, 1861
9
A Grammar of the Idiom of the New Testament: Prepared as a ...
Note. In Acts x. 39 there would in like manner be a brachylogy in the words Kal
Tjfxtis fidprvpts trdvTwv u>v cwoirjo-tv . .., ov ko.1 (the reading according to the
best authorities [Cod. Sin. also]) dvei\ov Kpcp.do-a.vris im $v\ov, if the meaning
were ...
Georg Benedikt Winer, Gottlieb Lünemann, Joseph Henry Thayer, 1870
10
The Rhetoric of Morality and Philosophy: Plato's Gorgias and ...
The distinction Socrates draws between quiddity and quality is followed by a
distinction between brachylogy and macrology. The latter distinction is known to
Gorgias, and one of his selling points is that no one can say the same thing as
briefly ...
2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BRACHYLOGY»
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The status of Internet and its brachylogy—Net—as proper nouns can be checked in the dictionary: all headwords that are proper nouns begin ... «GhanaWeb, Apr 14»
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