Grammer

daveyjohn
December 05, 2008, 11:45 AM posted in General Discussion

肯定句 means a statement, right?

But can anyone tell me what does 排比句 mean?

Much Appreciated

Davey

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frognotinawell
February 16, 2009, 08:34 PM

排比 translates as parataxis (a new word for me), which translates back again as 并列 - side by side. Wiktionary defines it as:(grammar) Speech or writing in which clauses or phrases are placed together without being separated by conjunctions, for example "I came; I saw; I conquered".
(literature) The juxtaposition of two images or fragments, usually starkly dissimilar, without a clear connection.
So maybe 排比句 is a sentence like:
我来过,我看过,我征服过。