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1、I got up very early and managed to catch a bus and a cold.Syllepsis Syllepsis&Zeugma 一语双叙和轭式修饰 Contents Definition Forms Effects Comparison 01 Definition PPT模板下载： together sullpsis taking together It is a construction in which the word that governs two or more other words means different when it is
2、collocated with these words separately.syllepsis Yesterday,he had a blue heart and coat.the color of the clear sky gloomy/depressed PPT模板下载： together zeugma zegma a yoking together It is a figure of speech in which a word is used to modify or govern two or more words although its use is not grammati
3、cally or logically correct with all of them.At noon Mrs.Turpin would get out of bed and humor,put on kimono,airs,and the water to boil for coffee.-Suite Homes and their Romance by O.Henry put on the water to boil means put the pot(containing water)on the stove unhappy/in bad mood 02 Structure Struct
4、ure 01 one verb+two or more nouns Syllepsis 02 one adjective+two or more nouns 03 one preposition+two or more nouns 04 two nouns+one verb Structure 01 one verb+two or more nouns She opened the door and her heart to the homeless child.Syllepsis Structure 02 one adjective+two or more nouns He halted i
5、n the district where by night are found the lightest streets,hearts,vows,and librettos.The Cop and the Anthem by OHenry 最为光亮的街道 最明澈的心灵 最真挚的誓词 最美妙的歌词 Syllepsis Structure 03 one preposition+two or more nouns Miss Bolo rose from the table considerably agitated,and went straight home in a flood of tears
6、,and a sedan chair.-The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens Syllepsis Structure 04 two nouns+one verb Time and her aunt moved slowly.-Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen Syllepsis Structure 01 one verb+two nouns Zeugma 02 one adjective+two or more nouns 03 one proposition+two or more nouns 04 two noun
7、s+one noun Structure 01 one verb+two nouns We ate a bun and a glass of milk.Zeugma to drink/have a glass of milk Structure 02 one adjective+two or more nouns They went to the graveyard with weeping eyes and hearts.Zeugma aching heart Structure 03 one proposition+two or more nouns She was dressed in
8、a maids cap,a pinafore,and a bright smile.Zeugma smiled a bright smile/had a bright smile on her face Structure 04 two nouns+one noun I would my horse had the speed of your tongue.Zeugma 03 Effects comic satiric pleasing punny innovative Zeugma Syllepsis 04 Comparison Syllepsis Zeugma As Bernard Dup
9、riez points out in A Dictionary of Literary Devices(1991),There is little agreement among rhetoricians on the difference between syllepsis and zeugma,and Brian Vickers notes that even the Oxford English Dictionary“confuses syllepsis and zeugma(Classical Rhetoric in English Poetry,1989).In contempora
10、ry rhetoric,the two terms are commonly used interchangeably to refer to a figure of speech in which the same word is applied to two others in different senses.Bernard Dupriez Zeugma,syllepsiseven dictionaries and linguists find it difficult to agree on which is which.They agree only that what is gen
11、erally involved is a verb(or some other part of speech that is doing double duty.In one case theres a syntactical problem;in the other,a verb has two or more objects yoked together,objects that are not compatible,since for each the verb is used in a different sense;for example,He took his hat and hi
12、s departure.Maxwell Nurnberg Syllepsis Zeugma Significantly,zeugma or syllepsis is word-yoking often because it is meaning-yoking.In opening the door and heart to the homeless boy,for instance,opening the heart opens the door,for it is the heart that opens or closes the door;to open yokes the heart
13、inside with the door outside.To open performs a zeugma-activity.Or is it syllepsis?In any case,metaphor performs both functions.Metaphor is a zeugma(-syllepsis)yoking two matters under one word(verb),yoking old and alien,past and future.Kuang-ming Wu Rhetorician Edward P.J.Corbett offers this distin
14、ction between zeugma and syllepsis:in zeugma,unlike syllepsis,the single word does not fit grammatically or idiomatically with one member of the pair.Thus,in Corbetts view,the first example below would be syllepsis,the second zeugma:You are free to execute your laws,and your citizens,as you see fit.(Star Trek:The Next Generation)Kill the boys and the luggage!(Fluellen in William Shakespeares Henry V)Edward P.J.Corbett Syllepsis Zeugma Similarities Differences Zeugma Syllepsis Thanks for Watching!