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  • is this Occultatio ? --- (classical rhetoric) (figure of speech)

    From HenHanna@21:1/5 to All on Sat Aug 24 16:35:39 2024
    XPost: alt.language.latin, alt.usage.english

    If a speaker mentions A, B, C, (skips D) E, F, G

    ------------- so that each attentive Audience member
    acutely feels D, is this Occultatio ?



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    What is occupatio in literature?
    Occupatio (with a P) (and no L)

    == A rhetorical device (also known under the Greek name
    paralipsis) by which a speaker emphasizes something by pretending to
    pass over it:
    'I will not mention the time when…'

    --------- Here the speaker is ACTUALLY mentioning it.


    The device was favoured by Chaucer, who uses it frequently in his
    Canterbury Tales.

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  • From Ed Cryer@21:1/5 to All on Sun Aug 25 09:47:02 2024
    XPost: alt.language.latin, alt.usage.english

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  • From micky@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Sun Aug 25 18:58:22 2024
    XPost: alt.language.latin, alt.usage.english

    In alt.usage.english, on Sat, 24 Aug 2024 16:35:39 -0700, HenHanna <[email protected]> wrote:


    If a speaker mentions A, B, C, (skips D) E, F, G

    ------------- so that each attentive Audience member
    acutely feels D, is this Occultatio ?



    ___________________________________

    What is occupatio in literature?
    Occupatio (with a P) (and no L)

    == A rhetorical device (also known under the Greek name
    paralipsis) by which a speaker emphasizes something by pretending to
    pass over it:
    'I will not mention the time when�'

    --------- Here the speaker is ACTUALLY mentioning it.

    AIUI, this is still praetemittere, saying I will pass over and thereby mentioning it. I hadn't heard of the other things.


    The device was favoured by Chaucer, who uses it frequently in his
    Canterbury Tales.

    --
    Please say where you live, or what
    area's English you are asking about.
    So your question or answer makes sense.
    . .
    I have lived all my life in the USA,
    Western Pa. Indianapolis, Chicago,
    Brooklyn, Baltimore.

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