When English language use can be technical analysis

[shootingstar]

I am referring to written English. Spoken English can be quite different in grammar and word use, especially conversational English, like any conversational language.

For the STEM folks who claim language and literature study folks never get exposed to technical matters, just this list alone:

English Grammar | English Language Terms - UsingEnglish.com   I have a volume somewhere which is over 100 pgs. long. I only copied an excerpt from part of website link MoseyS gave in another thread, earlier today.

Figure of Speech

• Anadiplosis
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• Antimetabole
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• Aphorism
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• Assonance
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• Asyndeton
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• Chiasmus
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• Epanadiplosis
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• Epanalepsis
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• Epistrophe
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• Epizeuxis
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• Hyperbole
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• Irony
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• Litotes
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• Meiosis
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• Metaphors
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• Oxymorons
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• Pleonasm
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• Polyptoton
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• Redundancy
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• Sarcasm
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• Simile
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• Spoonerism
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• Tautology
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• Understatement
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• Zeugm

 

[maddmaxx ★]

Strange words.  I'm afraid I'm more familiar with Lackofoxymorans though.

[Ralphie ★]

That list seems a little pleonastic. 

[maddmaxx ★]

11 minutes ago, Ralphie said:

That list seems a little pleonastic. 

That's irony.

[shootingstar]

5 hours ago, Ralphie said:

That list seems a little pleonastic. 

Cafe must be pretty boring these days, with this fishing and dredging you do Ralphie.  You need a trawler.   Our resident  wordsmith teacher needs to finish her vacation among the palm trees.

Another:

Methinks you really do like wordplay and word games.  

[shootingstar]

On a more serious note, with AI and automated combination of concepts and words (from flawed human beings.  We are all flawed)  without post-human intervention and analysis, becomes a serious challenge in the years ahead.