anataxis

English

Etymology

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”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

anataxis (uncountable)

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

Translations

difference in ordering between consecutive syntactic layers

References

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