Definition
Parataxis is the juxtaposition of syntactic units without use of a conjunction.
Examples
- He’s an engineer, isn’t he?
- Breakfast, lunch, and dinner
Sources 4
- Noonan 1985, 55, 76–77
- Mish 1991, 855
- Crystal 1985, 221
- Quirk, Greenbaum, Leech, and Svartvik 1985, 919