How To Use Zeugma In A Sentence
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He calls her by a kind of zeugma "your daughter," though she is but Jacob's daughter; however, all have the disposal of her in hand.
Exposition of Genesis: Volume 1
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I should note that the word "zeugma" appears in Westlaw's Allcases database 20 times -- all of them either in the name Zeugma Corp. or the title of Libert H. Boeynaems,
The Volokh Conspiracy
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This paper explores into the theoretical basis of relevance by discussing the usage of four rhetorical devices in collocation variation, namely metaphor, hypallage, zeugma and pun.
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Danny also noted that the term "syllepsis" may be more apt for certain items usually labeled zeugma.
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We demonstrate how it contributes to the creation of zeugma and the non-availability of crossed readings.
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This is usually called a zeugma; it's a purely structural way of using prepositions in an odd way, for effect e.g., humor.
Archive 2005-09-01
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Power Writing is basically an encyclopedic dictionary of rhetorical tools, from abusio to zeugma: it contains clear definitions of all devices and gives many citations of examples of each.
VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol V No 4
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2D: Have a break at 4: 00, say (take tea) - when I first learned what "zeugma" was, this was the example:
Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle
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Lauterbur submitted a paper to the journal Nature outlining his discovery – which he gave the rather grand name of zeumatography, from the Greek word zeugma, or yoke, to signify the fact that the technique links chemical and spatial information.
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2003 - Perspectives
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Apparently this type of "zeugma" (yes, there are many types) is called "syllepsis.
Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle
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He knew what a zeugma is, and had strong, informed views on the semicolon.
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If they're both just examples of zeugma, why is that?
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The people speak of their land as dying by a kind of zeugma, for the land deteriorates if it be not worked, and here their plea is for seed.
Exposition of Genesis: Volume 1
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`Mr. Pickwick took his hat and his leave' is an example of zeugma
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I'd like to give a familiar quote -- preferably from a famous song, play, novel, or movie -- that contains a zeugma, which is to say "The use of a word to modify or govern two or more words when it is ... appropriate to each but in a different way, as in to wage war and peace or On his fishing trip, he caught three trout and a cold.
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