ATLAS OF LANGUAGE

AT-119-002 · ATLAS 251

Epanorthosis

Visible self-correction that retracts a statement and clarifies or enhances it.

Explanation

Visible self-correction that retracts a statement and clarifies or enhances it. Thinking does not appear as a finished result, but as an audible revision of its own trail.

Example

Atlas example: Thinking does not appear as a finished result, but as an audible revision of its own trail.

Counterexample

Mere formal similarity without the relationship characteristic of epanorthosis.

Distinction

Distinguishing from Metanoia: What is decisive in epanorthosis is the specific movement: thinking appears not as a finished result, but as an audible revision of its own trail.

Effect on thought and perception

Thinking does not appear as a finished result, but as an audible revision of its own trail.

Resonance

Epanorthosis makes relationship perceptible as a directed change: Thinking does not appear as a finished result, but as an audible revision of its own trail.

Cite this entry

Reich, Michael (Hrsg./ed.): „Epanorthosis“. Atlas der Sprache, AT-119-002. ATLAS 251, data model 1.6.0. https://atlasoflanguage.com/concept/AT-119-002

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