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Noun Concept

Categories: Word order, Syntactic entities, Poetic devices, Figures of speech

anastrophe inversion Inversion in poetry syntactic inversion Yoda Speak

The reversal of the normal order of words WordNet 3.0

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The reversal of the normal order of words WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

Anastrophe is a figure of speech in which the normal word order of the subject, the verb, and the object is changed. Wikipedia

In linguistics, inversion is any of several grammatical constructions where two expressions switch their canonical order of appearance, that is, they invert. Wikipedia

A figure of speech also known as an inversion Wikipedia Disambiguation

Grammatical constructions where two expressions switch their order of appearance Wikipedia Disambiguation

Figure of speech Wikidata

Grammatical construction where two expressions switch their canonical order of appearance Wikidata

A reversal in the usual direction of a process, as in the change of density of water at 4° C. OmegaWiki

Unusual word order, often involving an inversion of the usual pattern of the sentence. Wiktionary

Switching in the syntactical order of words. Wiktionary (translation)

Deviation from standard word order by putting the predicate before the subject. It takes place in questions with auxiliary verbs and in normal, affirmative clauses beginning with a negative particle, for the purpose of emphasis. Wiktionary

Deviation from standard word order by putting the predicate before the subject, in questions with auxiliary verbs and for the purpose of emphasis. Wiktionary (translation)

Inversion takes place in the sentence 'Is she here?' — 'is', the predicate, is before 'she', the subject. ( with an auxiliary verb ). Wiktionary

Inversion takes place in the sentence 'Never have I done that.' — 'have', the predicate, is before 'I', the subject, due to 'never' being the first word of the sentence. ( for the purpose of emphasis ). Wiktionary

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HAS KIND

subject–auxiliary inversion

Subject–verb inversion in English

inversion

inversie in het Nederlands

WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet