Forms
Epexegesis
1.* the addition of a word or words to explain a preceding word or
sentence.
*2.* the word or words so added.
But you did establish personal contact? In *epexegesis* or on a
point of order?
-- James Joyce, Finnegan's Wake
One of the most striking peculiarities of colloquial speech in
Dutch, and of natural free talk in general, is what is called
*epexegesis.*
-- Jan Gonda, Selected StudiesReturn to home