Anastrophe (rhetoric)
An anastrophe (made-up word for a reversal, from the Greek ἀνά aná = up and στρέφειν stréphein = to turn ) or inversion ( Latin reversal) is understood to be a rhetorical figure in which two linguistic words that belong together are rearranged, deviating from the usual grammatical word order.
Examples:
- after → after
- without a doubt → without a doubt
- red rose → little rose red
- little Johnny → Hänschen small
- pure nature → pure nature
In particular, the prefix of the genitive attribute:
- the highest happiness in life → the highest happiness in life
- the difficult art of disguise → the difficult art of disguise
- Child of the spirit → spirit child
Special rhetorical adjustment figures are:
- Hypallage (also Enallage )
- Hyperbaton
- Hysteron proteron
literature
- Hadumod Bußmann (Ed.): Lexicon of Linguistics. 3rd updated and expanded edition. Kröner, Stuttgart 2002, ISBN 3-520-45203-0 , p. 80.
- Günther Schweikle, Dieter Burdorf (Hrsg.): Metzler Lexicon Literature. Terms and definitions. Metzler, Stuttgart 2007, ISBN 978-3-476-01612-6 , p. 359.