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hypotaxis

hy po tax is |ˌhīpəˈtaksis haɪpoʊˈtæksɪs | noun Grammar the subordination of one clause to another. Contrasted with parataxis. DERIVATIVES hy po tac tic |ˌhīpəˈtaktik |adjective ORIGIN late 19th cent.: from Greek hupotaxis, from hupo under + taxis arrangement.

 

Oxford Dictionary

hypotaxis

hypotaxis |ˌhʌɪpə (ʊ )ˈtaksɪs | noun [ mass noun ] Grammar the subordination of one clause to another. Contrasted with parataxis. DERIVATIVES hypotactic |-ˈtaktɪk |adjective ORIGIN late 19th cent.: from Greek hupotaxis, from hupo under + taxis arrangement .

 

Duden Dictionary

Hypotaxis

Hy po ta xis Substantiv, feminin Sprachwissenschaft , die |Hypot a xis |die Hypotaxis; Genitiv: der Hypotaxis, Plural: die Hypotaxen Hypotaxe 1