Anastrophe (rhetoric)

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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:

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:

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.