Talk:Aposiopesis

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I took out this sentence because it breaks the flow of the article, and uses first-person: "co-incidentally, I would like to add that this Doors song is not an example of aposiopesis, because the clause is concluded in 'find yourself'. Aposiopesis is the sudden breaking off of a sentence BEFORE its conclusion" I thought someone could find a way to integrate it into the article, so I'm leaving it here.-66.75.113.137 01:06, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

I am going to change this. A sentence is a complete thought, by definition. So an aposiopesis is a phrase not a sentence.The age of fable (talk) 03:32, 1 June 2015 (UTC)

Typographical distinction between abrupt interruption and trailing thought

There is a conceptual distinction between an abrupt interruption (often one dialog speaker getting cut off by another, something startling suddenly happening, etc.), and a slow trailing off into silence (the speaker pondering, hesitating, etc.)

This affects typography, where the abrupt stop usually gets an emdash, and the trailing off usually gets an ellipsis.

Can anyone give some authority to my personal opinions here, from one of the printed style guides (Chicago, AP, Oxford)... ?

Additionally: is use of ellipsis a more modern (late 20th Century) or informal device? Are there possibly distinct Greek (or modern) rhetorical terms to distinguish the two -- "getting cut off" vs. "going silent/falling silent"?

Dictionary def

Isn't this a wikidictionary entry,not for an encyclopedia? Spanglej (talk) 09:26, 29 May 2009 (UTC)

Pronounciation

The pronounciation provided seems to be wrong - this is a naturalized English one, but a Greek-like pronounciation would be probably better, instead. --Dr Oldekop (talk) 15:15, 19 July 2010 (UTC)

Psalm 27:13

The example of aposiopesis given in the paragraph: "A biblical example is found in Psalm 27, verse 13. ..." is, grammatically, a good example. However, the contributor (4.247.248.235, 26 April 2006) does not inform us which bible translation or version uses the wording quoted. Various bibles render that verse in different ways, and some phrase it in such a way as to make the insertion of an aposiopesis unnecessary. This being so, many readers will not readily perceive the meaning of an aposiopeses when checking this verse in their own bible(s), —unless, of course, they are familiar with the Hebrew text of this verse. Therefore I suggest that the source of this translation be identified if possible, or, failing that, that a quote from more suitable verse from a more readily available bible version be used. As it stands, in order for the example to be fully appreciated, the reader needs to be familiar with the process of translating Hebrew biblical texts into English.--Observer6 (talk) 11:52, 22 February 2012 (UTC)