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	The Use of the Intersentence Conjunctions ... in John
		When oun and asyndeton are used at the beginning of a sentence, they are used instead of de, kai, or a small number of other conjunctions.
		Asyndeton, in my view, is the "unmarked" conjunction in expository discourse in the Gospel of John.
		The situation with regard to asyndeton in narrative is nevertheless materially quite different from the situation with regard to expository discourse.
	www.frame-poythress.org /poythress_articles/1984Use.htm (8681 words)

	Asyndeton - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Asyndeton is a stylistic scheme in which conjunctions are deliberately omitted from a series of related clauses.
		Aristotle also believed that asyndeton can be used effectively in endings of works, and he himself employs the device in the final passage of the Rhetoric:
		Asyndeton may be contrasted with syndeton and polysyndeton, which describe the use of one or multiple coordinating conjunctions, respectively.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Asyndeton (425 words)

	Connectors in Koine Greek: The Gospel Of John (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Asyndeton is a noncommittal connector, and the reader must supply the relationship to the surrounding material by context.
		Blass-Debrunner gives a typical description of the use of asyndeton: a connective device in narrative that indicates ease (not vividness or haste) on the part of the narrator and a device useful for lending solemnity to sayings.
		If the basic characteristic of asyndeton is that it tells the reader nothing about the relation between clauses, then its use must be contextually defined.
	www.conservativeonline.org /journals/03_08_journal/1999v3n8_id07.htm (3933 words)

	Ink Scrawls
		Asyndeton, on the other hand, separates the compound construction with only commas.
		I used the polysyndeton to describe the little girl who was meticulous in her playing; while the example of a little boy who was totally opposite, in his style of play to the girl's style, employed the use of asyndeton.
		For example, the most recent we had to do a comparison of two people using asyndeton and/or polysyndeton; the one before we had to use restatement and the first one was illistration.
	inkscrawls.blogspot.com (3024 words)

	Kentucky Classics
		Asyndeton: lack of conjunctions between coordinate phrases, clauses, or words.
		Brachylogy: a general term for abbreviated or condensed expression, of which asyndeton and zeugma are types.
		The suppressed word or phrase can usually be supplied easily from the surrounding context.
	www.uky.edu /ArtsSciences/Classics/rhetoric.html (1908 words)

	Amazon.ca: Figures of Speech: 60 Ways to Turn a Phrase: Books: Arthur Quinn,Barney R. Quinn (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		For example, asyndeton in a series of nouns is illustrated by quotes from the scripture, Shakespeare, Spinoza, Arnold, Darwin, Proust...
		He illustrates asyndeton in series of clauses; in series of nouns; at the beginning, middle or end of a sentence.
		For those of you not educated under my ideal plan - asyndeton is the omission of conjunctions.
	www.amazon.ca /Figures-Speech-Sixty-Turn-Phrase/dp/1880393026 (1004 words)

	BGreek: Re: asyndeton
		to be asyndeton within verse 4, or is verse 4 asyndetic with respect to
		Asyndeton consists of omitting conjunctions between words, phrases, or
		Generally, asyndeton offers the feeling of speed and concision to lists and
	www.ibiblio.org /bgreek/test-archives/html4/1999-01/27857.html (752 words)

	Quoteland :: Search
		The omission of an expected conjunction is called an asyndeton.
		Of course, these two distinguishable usages of asyndeton are not mutually exclusive.
		Lincoln's asyndeton contributes to the striking brevity of his address.
	www.quoteland.com /search.asp?query=junction (231 words)

	Gospel of Thomas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		For there is nothing concealed that shall not be revealed, and there is nothing covered that shall remain without being exposed.
		Yeshua says: Blest be the lion which the human eats—and the lion shall become human.
		Yeshua says: The mote, which is in thy brother's eye, thou see—but the plank that is in thine own eye thou see not.
	kuriakon00.tripod.com /tom.html (5158 words)

	Dove Booksellers Order Page: Stephanie L Black, Sentence Conjunctions in the Gospel of Matthew: kai, de, tote, gar, oun ...
		Sentence Conjunctions in the Gospel of Matthew: kai, de, tote, gar, oun and Asyndeton in Narrative Discourse
		An application of current linguistic research on discourse markers to sentence conjunctions in Matthew's Gospel.
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	www.dovebook.com /new/bookdesc.asp?BookID=25016 (219 words)

	Review of Biblical Literature
		Sentence Conjunctions in the Gospel of Matthew: καί, δέ, τότε, γάρ, ουν and Asyndeton in Narrative Discourse
		Citation: Daniel Gurtner, review of Stephanie L. Black, Sentence Conjunctions in the Gospel of Matthew: καί, δέ, τότε, γάρ, ουν and Asyndeton in Narrative Discourse, Review of Biblical Literature [http://www.bookreviews.org] (2004).
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	www.bookreviews.org /bookdetail.asp?TitleId=3829 (168 words)

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