Editing Syntaxis (section)

{{short description|Style in writing or in rhetoric}}
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'''Syntaxis''' is a style in writing or in [[rhetoric]] that favors complex and a poetic style [[syntax]], in contrast to the simple [[sentence (linguistics)|sentence]] structures of [[parataxis]]. For example, 19th-century [[German language|German]] academic [[prose]], and [[John Milton]]'s ''[[Paradise Lost]]'' poetry in [[English language|English]] are notably syntactic. Syntaxis, depending on the author, may also contrast with or include [[hypotaxis]].