paratactic (adj.)

A term used in TRADITIONAL GRAMMATICAL analysis, and often found in DESCRIPTIVE LINGUISTIC studies, to refer to CONSTRUCTIONS of equal status (CO-ORDINATION) which are linked solely through juxtaposition and punctuation/INTONATION. ‘Paratactic constructions’ are opposed to HYPOTACTIC ones, where a subordinate relationship is expressed. Parataxis is illustrated by She bought tea, coffee, eggs, milk or I came; I saw; I conquered.