Comma (rhetoric)

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The comma ( Greek  κόμμα “section”, “cut”; Latin comma , incisio , incisum , articulus , particula ; German also incision ) is a short section of up to three words in the rhetorical sense, shorter than a colon and the smallest part of a Period .

literature

  • Günther Schweikle, Dieter Burdorf (ed.): Metzler Lexicon Literature. Terms and definitions. Metzler, Stuttgart 2007, ISBN 978-3-476-01612-6 , p. 390.