anataxis

English edit

Etymology edit

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 edit

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

Noun edit

anataxis (uncountable)

(linguistics) difference in ordering between consecutive syntactic layers

Translations edit

difference in ordering between consecutive syntactic layers

References edit

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