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hypallage

/haɪˈpæl.ə.dʒi/

Übersetzung: Substantiv, das eine rhetorische Figur bezeichnet, bei der die syntaktische Beziehung zwischen zwei Wörtern vertauscht wird, z. B. in „das Gesicht ihrer Schönheit“ statt „die Schönheit ihres Gesichts“.

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noun

C2formalcommonart/haɪˈpæl.ə.dʒi/

A noun referring to a figure of speech in which the syntactic relationship between two words is reversed, such as in the phrase 'her beauty's face' instead of 'her face's beauty'.

  • 🇩🇪Substantiv, das eine rhetorische Figur bezeichnet, bei der die syntaktische Beziehung zwischen zwei Wörtern vertauscht wird, z. B. in „das Gesicht ihrer Schönheit“ statt „die Schönheit ihres Gesichts“.
  1. Rhetorical figure C2 formal

    A figure of speech in which the syntactic relationship between two words is reversed, often transferring an epithet from a more appropriate noun to another, as in 'her beauty's face' instead of 'her face's beauty'.

    • The poet used hypallage in the line 'the restless night' to describe a person's insomnia.
    • In 'the condemned cell', hypallage transfers the judgment from the prisoner to the cell.
    • Classical literature often employs hypallage for stylistic effect, such as 'the happy morning'.

    🇩🇪Hypallage

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