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Literary notes about conjunction (AI summary)

The term "conjunction" demonstrates a fascinating duality in literature, functioning both as a precise grammatical tool and as a broader metaphor for union and association. In grammatical treatises, it is defined as the link between words or clauses—as noted in [1] and [2]—emphasizing its role in forming compound and complex sentences. Yet, in literary narratives and philosophical works, the word assumes a richer significance, symbolizing the joining of characters, events, or ideas, such as the merging of forces in characterizations [3] and the metaphorical union of impressions [4]. This layered usage, from its structural function in sentence formation to its metaphorical role in expressing unity among diverse elements [5], [6], highlights the versatility and depth of the concept across various literary contexts.
  1. These clauses are joined by the conjunction and , which is not a part of either.
    — from An Advanced English Grammar with Exercises by Frank Edgar Farley and George Lyman Kittredge
  2. A conjunction connects words or groups of words.
    — from An Advanced English Grammar with Exercises by Frank Edgar Farley and George Lyman Kittredge
  3. It is but due to her character to say, that in conjunction with her estimable husband, she had broken many and many a one.
    — from Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens
  4. This relation is their CONSTANT CONJUNCTION.
    — from A Treatise of Human Nature by David Hume
  5. We cannot penetrate into the reason of the conjunction.
    — from A Treatise of Human Nature by David Hume
  6. "Ideas called up in close conjunction ... assume, even when there is the greatest complexity, the appearance, not of many ideas, but of one" (vol.
    — from The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1 (of 2) by William James

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