Talk:brachyology

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"A figure of speech that is an abbreviated expression, for example, the omission of "good" in "good morning."

Rhetorical terms are not used consistently, but I haven't found use in this sense. Compare brachylogia, defined at Silva Rhetoricae as "The absence of conjunctions between single words. Compare asyndeton. The effect of brachylogia is a broken, hurried delivery.". Both senses may be correct. DCDuring TALK 01:41, 22 February 2011 (UTC)


 * In OED online the main entry is brachylogy, brachyology being an alternative form. Encyclopedia of Identity defines brachyology as the "intentional shortening of spoken or written statements where full understanding is still assumed." — Pingkudimmi 04:39, 22 February 2011 (UTC)


 * Charles Bennett in his New Latin Grammar gives as a defining example (of 'brachylogy'):
 * ut ager sine cultura fructuosus esse non potest, sic sine doctrina animus.
 * as a field cannot be productive without cultivation, so the mind (cannot be productive) without learning.
 * He also identifies zeugma and compendiary comparison as varieties. — Pingkudimmi 10:21, 22 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I wonder when the last time is that someone used the word in these senses. So many rhetorical terms seem to have fallen into disuse. I think I have found a source that has all the senses of this and all of its hyponyms. It will not be so easy to find usable citations for all the meanings. DCDuring TALK 11:30, 22 February 2011 (UTC)


 * Cited, IMO. - -sche (discuss) 19:13, 29 January 2012 (UTC)