INVERSIO  倒文法

METAPLASMUS in the form of inversion of expected word order.

Hypernym
  • METAPLASMUSRHETORICAL FIGURE consisting in the reshaping of an expression rather than the addition or omission of elements. 改詞法 Transformation of the form of words, e.g. Mavors for Mars".
    • RHETORICAL FIGURE形式詞格　RHETORICAL DEVICE which mainly consists in the distribution of expressions in a passage.
Hyponym
  • INVERSIO-HYSTEROPROTERON語義倒文法 Inversion of time sequence, the deliberate mentioning of a later event before an earlier event in a sentence.
    • POSTPOSED RELATIVE CLAUSE UNMARKED詞後加修飾句法 INVERSIO in the form of a postposed modification. 釋名 : 人始生曰嬰兒 "A human who has just been born is called a baby" is a characteristic example. Note that what is said to be a baby is not the birth, or the fact of having just been born.
      • REVERSIOINVERSIO in the form of the interchange of grammatical roles, typically the subject becoming object and the object subject.
        • ARSIS-AND-THESIS-INVERTEDInverted ARSIS-AND-THESIS in which the dismissal comes last. ARSIS-AND-THESIS where the dismissed view is stated last, not first.
          EX: Lanham: "Nor scar that whiter skin of hers than snow." (Othello, V, ii)

          REF: Lausberg 713-715, Miriam 54f

          Greek/Latin: This term is much discussed by the Greek rhetoricians in connection with Homer. Quint. 8.6.65 id cum in duobus verbis fit, anastrofee dicitur, reversio quaedam, qualia sunt vulgo "mecum", "secum"...

          Ancient Chinese: Very common, but only in poetry, both shi and chuci. The grammatical contraints on this are worth investigating further and has been studied in a famous article by Yang Shuda translated into English.

          Rhetorical device locations: 33
          • 韓非子 “誰加衣者？”

            “ 誰加衣者？ ”

          • 論語 鮮矣仁！」

            The intrasentential 矣 is a striking sign of the INVERSIO.

          • 論語 「大哉問！

            大哉問！

          • 論語 郁郁乎文哉！
          • 論語 「君子哉若人！

            君子哉若人！

          • 論語 不恥下問，

            下問

          • 論語 「賢哉，回也！

            賢哉，回也！

          • 論語 「甚矣吾衰也！

            甚矣

          • 論語 久矣吾不復夢見周公！」

            久矣

          • 論語 「巍巍乎， 舜禹之有天下也而不與焉
          • 論語 煥乎其有文章。」

            煥乎

          • 論語 巍巍乎其有成功也，
          • 論語 「大哉堯之為君也！
          • 論語 「大哉孔子！

            大哉孔子

          • 論語 「久矣哉， 由之行詐也

            久矣哉， 由之行詐也！

          • 論語 不舍晝夜。」

            不舍晝夜

          • 論語 每事問。

            每事問

          • 論語 「孝哉閔子騫！

            孝哉閔子騫！

          • 論語 「善哉問！

            善哉問！

          • 論語 「富哉言乎！

            富哉言乎！

          • 論語 「野哉， 由也

            野哉，由也！

          • 論語 「小人哉， 樊須也

            小人哉，樊須也！

          • 論語 誠哉是言也！」

            誠哉是言也！

          • 論語 「君子哉若人！

            君子哉若人！

          • 論語 尚德哉若人！」

            尚德哉若人！

          • 論語 「信乎 夫子不言
          • 論語 「有心哉， 擊磬乎

            有心哉，擊磬乎！

          • 論語 「直哉史魚！

            直哉史魚！

          • 論語 君子哉蘧伯玉！

            君子哉蘧伯玉！

          • 論語 「異乎吾所聞：

            異乎吾所聞

          • 詩經 關關雎鳩，

            Subject-Predicate inversion.

          • 詩經 窈窕淑女，

            Subject-Predicate inversion.

          • 詩經 參差荇菜，