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Accentus

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amphibolynoun(grammar) An ambiguous grammatical construction.
equivoquenounAmbiguity or double meaning.
equivocalHaving two or more equally applicable meanings; capable of double or multiple interpretation.
anacoluthonnoun(grammar) A sentence or clause that is grammatically inconsistent, especially with respect to the type of clausal or phrasal complement for the initial clause.
double codingnoun(literature, linguistics) An ambiguity in the interpretation of language depending on the frame of reference employed.
adequationnounEquivalence.
syncopationnoun(music) The quality of a rhythm being somehow unexpected, in that it deviates from the strict succession of regularly spaced strong and weak beats in a meter.
anacoluthianoun(grammar) A syntactic construction in which an element is followed by another that does not agree properly
attractionnounThe tendency to attract.
para-hypotaxisnoun(rare) A linguistic phenomenon in which coordination and subordination (e.g. of conjunctions) are mixed or not distinguished.
agnatenounA relative whose relation is traced only through male members of the family.
ambisyllabicitynoun(poetry, phonetics) The property of a consonant being analysed as acting simultaneously as the coda of one syllable and the onset of the following syllable, as in "upper" or "button".
equivocationnounThe use of expressions susceptible of a double signification, possibly intentionally and with the aim of misleading.
antanaclasisnoun(rhetoric) The repeated use of the same word or phrase, but with a different meaning each time; a kind of paronomasia.
nuancenounSubtlety or fine detail.
synchysisnoun(rhetoric) Confused arrangement of words in a sentence
culminativitynoun(linguistics) The property of having one main stress per word.
æquivocationnounObsolete form of equivocation. [(logic) A logical fallacy resulting from the use of multiple meanings of a single expression.]
squinting modifiernoun(grammar) A modifier that could apply to either the clause that precedes it or the clause that follows it; an instance of amphiboly.
ambitendencynoun(psychology) Contradictory behaviors exhibited when one is pulled between different choices.

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