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Definitions of periphrases in various dictionaries:
noun - a style that involves indirect ways of expressing things
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| the use of indirect and circumlocutory speech or writing. |
| Plural form of periphrase. circumlocutions. |
| Plural form of periphrasis. use of syntactic rather than morphological constructions. |
| Third-person singular simple present indicative form of periphrase. |
| Periphrases might refer to |
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| In linguistics, periphrasis () is the usage of multiple separate words to carry the meaning of prefixes, suffixes or verbs, among other things, where either would be possible. Technically, it is a device where grammatical meaning is expressed by one or more free morphemes (typically one or more function words accompanying a content word), instead of by inflectional affixes or derivation. Periphrastic forms are an example of analytic language, whereas the absence of periphrasis is a characteristic of synthetic language. While periphrasis concerns all categories of syntax, it is most visible with verb catenae. The verb catenae of English are highly periphrastic.* |