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An anacoluthon ( ; from the Greek, anakolouthon, from an-: 'not' + akolouthos: 'following') is an unexpected discontinuity in the expression of ideas within a sentence, leading to a form of words in which there is logical incoherence of thought. Anacolutha are often sentences interrupted midway, where there is a change in the syntactical structure of the sentence and of intended meaning following the interruption. An example is the Italian proverb "The good stuff – think about it."〔''Alla buona derrata, pensaci su'', from 〕 This proverb urges us to make the best choice. When anacoluthon occurs unintentionally it is considered to be an error in sentence structure, and results in incoherent nonsense. However, it can be used as a rhetorical technique to challenge the reader to think more deeply, or in "stream of consciousness" literature to represent the disjointed nature of associative thought. Anacoluthon is very common in informal speech, where a speaker might start to say one thing, then break off and abruptly and incoherently continue, expressing a completely different line of thought. When such speech is reported in writing, a dash is often included at the point of discontinuity. The listener is expected to ignore the first part of the sentence, although in some cases it might contribute to the overall meaning in an impressionistic sense. ==Examples== *Had ye been there – for what could that have done? (John Milton in ''Lycidas'') William Shakespeare uses anacoluthon in his history plays such as in this (''Henry V'' IV iii 34-6): *"Rather proclaim it, Westmoreland, through my host, *:That he which hath no stomach to this fight, *:Let him depart." Additionally, Conrad Aiken's ''Rimbaud and Verlaine'' has an extended anacoluthon as it discusses anacoluthon: *"Discussing, between moves, iamb and spondee *:Anacoluthon and the open vowel *:God the great peacock with his angel peacocks *:And his dependent peacocks the bright stars..." Due to a poor cut-and-paste job of a new title on to the original, the film ''Attack of the Eye Creatures'' (originally just ''The Eye Creatures'') appears to be ''Attack of the The Eye Creatures''. When the film was shown on an episode of ''Mystery Science Theater 3000'', Joel identifies the mistake as an anacoluthon. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「anacoluthon」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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