Associations to the word «Hyperbaton»

Wiktionary

HYPERBATON, noun. (grammar) An inversion of the usual or logical order of words or phrases, for emphasis or poetic effect.

Dictionary definition

HYPERBATON, noun. Reversal of normal word order (as in `cheese I love').

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky