by
David Hering
deictic
(en)
(adjective) showing or pointing out directly / Deictic terms are words whose meaning shifts depending on the point of view of the speaker
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in which the deictic element "here" assumes a double meaning and points both to the referred scene and the insertion's locutionary act itself
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in which the deictic element "here" assumes a double meaning and points both to the referred scene and the insertion's locutionary act itself
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locution
(en)
(noun) a particular form of expression or a peculiarity of phrasing / (noun) a word or expression characteristic of a region, group, or cultural level / (noun) style of discourse; phraseology
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in which the deictic element "here" assumes a double meaning and points both to the referred scene and the insertion's locutionary act itself
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in which the deictic element "here" assumes a double meaning and points both to the referred scene and the insertion's locutionary act itself
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logolatry
(en)
the worship of words
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the gaping trap of logolatry
quoting Goerlandt & Herman, from an essay on DFW
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the gaping trap of logolatry
quoting Goerlandt & Herman, from an essay on DFW
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obtruding
(en)
(verb) to thrust out; extrude / (verb) to force or impose (as oneself or one's ideas) without warrant or request / (verb) to become unduly prominent or interfering; intrude
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its notable absence of all forms of obtruding annotation
on PQ4 in Octet
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its notable absence of all forms of obtruding annotation
on PQ4 in Octet
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mordant
(en)
(adjective) biting and caustic in thought, manner, or style; incisive
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an "irony-free" antidote to the mordant rut of the postmodern condition
on AA in IJ
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an "irony-free" antidote to the mordant rut of the postmodern condition
on AA in IJ
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aver
(en)
(verb) to verify or prove to be true in pleading a cause / (verb) to allege or assert in pleading / (verb) to declare positively
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Wallace's narratives aver that a self-licensed ignorance of one's situation/condition can all too readily be transformed into a kind of moral oblivion
on Oblivion
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Wallace's narratives aver that a self-licensed ignorance of one's situation/condition can all too readily be transformed into a kind of moral oblivion
on Oblivion
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connubial
(en)
(adjective) of or relating to the married state; conjugal
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the recent connubial tensions
on the story Oblivion
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the recent connubial tensions
on the story Oblivion
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syncopated
(en)
(adjective) cut short; abbreviated / (adjective) marked by or exhibiting syncopation
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syncopated by commas
on a passage in Oblivion with lots of commas
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syncopated by commas
on a passage in Oblivion with lots of commas
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abysm
(en)
(noun) abyss
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emerging from the dark backward and abysm of the human mind
this line seems kinda ESL tbh
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emerging from the dark backward and abysm of the human mind
this line seems kinda ESL tbh
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censorious
(en)
(adjective) marked by or given to censure; severely critical of others
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censoriously loaded pun on the architectural term "banishment"
on Randall fantasizing about saving Audrey in Oblivion
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censoriously loaded pun on the architectural term "banishment"
on Randall fantasizing about saving Audrey in Oblivion
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8 years ago