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Meaning of "hypotaxis" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HYPOTAXIS

hypotaxis  [ˌhaɪpəʊˈtæksɪs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HYPOTAXIS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Hypotaxis is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES HYPOTAXIS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Hypotaxis

Hypotaxis is the grammatical arrangement of functionally similar but "unequal" constructs, i.e., constructs playing an unequal role in a sentence. A common example of syntactic expression of hypotaxis is subordination in a complex sentence. Another example is observed in premodification. In the phrase "inexpensive composite materials", "composite" modifies "materials" while "inexpensive" modifies the complex head "composite materials", rather than "composite" or "materials". In this example the phrase units are hierarchically structured, rather than being on the same level, as compared to the example "Cockroaches love warm, damp, dark places." Notice the syntactic difference; hypotactic modifiers cannot be separated by commas. A classical example of verbal hypotaxis, unobservable in English, is the Greek phrase Molon labe. Keats’s “Ode to a Nightingale” has an example of hypotaxis in the second stanza: “O, for a draught of vintage! That hath been/ Cool’d a long age in the deep-delved earth, / Tasting of Flora and the country green”. The “draught of vintage” is modified by the clauses in the successive lines.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HYPOTAXIS


aerotaxis
ˌɛərəʊˈtæksɪs
chemotaxis
ˌkɛməʊˈtæksɪs
cytotaxis
ˌsaɪtəʊˈtæksɪs
epistaxis
ˌɛpɪˈstæksɪs
geotaxis
ˌdʒiːəʊˈtæksɪs
heliotaxis
ˌhiːlɪəʊˈtæksɪs
heterotaxis
ˌhɛtərəʊˈtæksɪs
homotaxis
ˌhəʊməʊˈtæksɪs
hydrotaxis
ˌhaɪdrəʊˈtæksɪs
parataxis
ˌpærəˈtæksɪs
phototaxis
ˌfəʊtəʊˈtæksɪs
phyllotaxis
ˌfɪləˈtæksɪs
rheotaxis
ˌriːəˈtæksɪs
stereotaxis
ˌstɛrɪəˈtæksɪs
taxis
ˈtæksɪs
telotaxis
ˌteləʊˈtæksɪs
thermotaxis
ˌθɜːməʊˈtæksɪs
thigmotaxis
ˌθɪɡməˈtæksɪs
trophotaxis
ˌtrɒfəʊˈtæksɪs
tropotaxis
ˌtrəʊpəʊˈtæksɪs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HYPOTAXIS

hypotactic
hypotension
hypotensive
hypotenuse
hypothalami
hypothalamic
hypothalamus
hypothec
hypotheca
hypothecae
hypothecary
hypothecate
hypothecation
hypothecator
hypothenuse
hypothermal
hypothermia
hypothermic
hypotheses
hypothesis

WORDS THAT END LIKE HYPOTAXIS

anaphylaxis
axis
chemoprophylaxis
major axis
minor axis
neutral axis
optic axis
orthoaxis
parapraxis
phylaxis
polar axis
praxis
principal axis
prophylaxis
sparaxis
synaxis
tachyphylaxis
x-axis
y-axis
z-axis

Synonyms and antonyms of hypotaxis in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «hypotaxis» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HYPOTAXIS

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形合
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hypotaxis
570 millions of speakers

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hypotaxis
510 millions of speakers

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hypotaxis
380 millions of speakers
ar

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hypotaxis
280 millions of speakers

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hypotaxis
278 millions of speakers

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hipotaxe
270 millions of speakers

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hypotaxis
260 millions of speakers

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hypotaxe
220 millions of speakers

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Hypotaxis
190 millions of speakers

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Hypotaxe
180 millions of speakers

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hypotaxis
130 millions of speakers

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hypotaxis
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Hipotaksis
85 millions of speakers
vi

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hypotaxis
80 millions of speakers

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hypotaxis
75 millions of speakers

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हायपोएक्सिस
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

hypotaxis
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ipotassi
65 millions of speakers

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hypotaxis
50 millions of speakers

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hypotaxis
40 millions of speakers

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hypotaxis
30 millions of speakers
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hypotaxis
15 millions of speakers
af

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hypotaxis
14 millions of speakers
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hypotaxis
10 millions of speakers
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hypotaxis
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of hypotaxis

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HYPOTAXIS»

The term «hypotaxis» is used very little and occupies the 170.804 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HYPOTAXIS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about hypotaxis

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HYPOTAXIS»

Discover the use of hypotaxis in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to hypotaxis and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Critical Studies in the Cynewulf Group
This case is analogous to Andreas ll. 337 ff. Inversion is used ll. 189, 407, 432, 492. Conjunctional adverbs occur at ll. 368, 409, 411, 472; hypotaxis at ll. 410, 476. It may be observed that most cases of causal connexions, whether paratactical, ...
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Complex Sentences in Grammar and Discourse: Essays in Honor ...
and (logical) parataxis in the same series, with hypotaxis intermediate between circumstantiation in the clause and parataxis: Enhancement favours circumstantiation whereas extension and elaboration favour parataxis. Within these very ...
Joan L. Bybee, Michael Noonan, 2002
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Historical Syntax in Cross-Linguistic Perspective
10.5 On the ultimate origins of complex constructions In this section we examine the view that subordinate clauses have originated in relatively recent times ( section 10.5.1) and develop our own hypothesis about how hypotaxis originated,  ...
Alice C. Harris, Lyle Campbell, 1995
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History of Englishes: New Methods and Interpretations in ...
And it is translation from Latin which would hold up hypotaxis as a model to be emulated. It is a notable aspect of English throughout its history that hypotaxis has been considered a more literary and hence a more estimable type of style than ...
Matti Rissanen, 1992
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The Poetics of the Mind's Eye: Literature and the Psychology ...
Hypotaxis Webster's Third International Dictionary informs us that hypotaxis is " syntactic subordination (as by a conjunction) — opposed to parataxis." In contrast to this scant definition it tells us a great deal about its correlative term, parataxis: ...
Christopher Collins, 1991
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Analysing Discourse: Textual Analysis for Social Research
Conjunctions and other connectors are also again underlined. Firemen Tackle Blaze Night shift workers on a coating line at Nairn Coated Products, St George's Quay, Lancaster had to be evacuated HYPOTAXIS when fire broke out in an oven ...
Norman Fairclough, 2003
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An Introduction to Functional Grammar
In all univariate structures the units related in this way are interdependent; but two degrees of interdependency have evolved — parataxis and hypotaxis. This is the distinction in the system of taxis introduced above. Parataxis and hypotaxis ...
Michael Halliday, Christian M.I.M. Matthiessen, Christian Matthiessen, 2014
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T.F. Powys: A Modern Allegorist : the Companion Novels, Mr ...
Style and Narration According to Fletcher, there exists an intimate relationship between the two patterns of symbolic action and the two forms of syntactical patterning, called parataxis or co-ordination and hypotaxis or subordination. Parataxis ...
Marius Buning, 1986
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Fascist Virilities: Rhetoric, Ideology, and Social Fantasy ...
ond is at odds with Leso's conclusions: Perelman and Olbrechts-Tyteca oppose the "greater freedom" of parataxis to the way in which hypotaxis "controls the reader, forces . . . and constricts interpretations," and attribute to parataxis the ...
Barbara Spackman, 1996
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Arabic in Chains: Structural Problems and Artificial Barriers
In contrast, hypotaxis builds up a hierarchy in which every clause does carry a certain value. Some Arab linguists even tend to regard hypotaxis as typical of Indo- European languages, with parataxis typical of Semitic languages.48 However, ...
Robert Marzari, 2006

9 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HYPOTAXIS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term hypotaxis is used in the context of the following news items.
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Much to learn from Yoda, public speakers still have
Hypotaxis, where subordinate clauses dangle off one another, is harder to digest than parataxis, where one thing follows another. If the glue in ... «Financial Times, Jun 15»
2
WRITING WRONGS: Writing Wrongs says a syntactical sayonara to …
Hypotaxis — syntactic subordination of one clause or construction to another. Prologue — introductory lines spoken by a member of the cast ... «Sierra Vista Herald, Dec 14»
3
How's the Mood-Board?
Lerner describes key features of Ashbery's work effectively — for example 'aggressive hypotaxis' which appears to subordinate long chains of ... «The Fortnightly Review, Jul 14»
4
David Grossman Creates Yet Another Wrenching Masterpiece
... broken logical sequences, parataxis and hypotaxis. Grossman's greatest achievement here is voicing the townspeople's discordant rhythms ... «Jewish Daily Forward, Apr 14»
5
Tried and tested
... in class to be able to answer his question about differentiating “hypotaxis” from “parataxis” (no, it has nothing to do with paid transportation). «Philippine Star, Sep 13»
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On Literary Metamodernism
Liner Notes so consistently seeks and achieves this superlative level of engagement with metanarrative, metaxy, hypotaxis, hyperreality, ... «Huffington Post, Jul 13»
7
As Consciousness Is Harnessed to Flesh
From parataxis (loose association of clauses) to hypotaxis (more precise indications of logical relationships + subordination) ... Play: Doctor ... «NPR, Dec 12»
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October 2012 Contemporary Poetry Reviews
Hers is a hyper-parataxis (as opposed to the para-hypotaxis this review series has generally favored) and if you don't stop for a moment to sniff ... «Huffington Post, Oct 12»
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The Edge, Too Has Its Edge: Reading Uwe Johnson in New York
He approaches his sentences carefully; he doesn't triumph over them by stretching them into long technically obsessed hypotaxis or by brutally ... «The Millions, Mar 10»

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