What Does Anacoluthic Mean?

An anacoluthon is an unexpected discontinuity in the expression of ideas within a sentence, leading to a form of words in which there is logical incoherence of thought.

What is anacoluthon in English?

anacoluthon • \an-uh-kuh-LOO-thahn\ • noun. : syntactical inconsistency or incoherence within a sentence; especially : a shift in an unfinished sentence from one syntactic construction to another.

Why would a writer use anacoluthon?

Function of Anacoluthon

The common use of anacoluthon is to imitate a thought or speech, and then shift the necessary information towards the start of the sentence. It is frequently used in literary writings and in casual speeches.