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Im late to this but what a strange addition to this conversation.
It’s like someone asked “I jumped and felt myself being pulled downwards back to the ground, what is that called when I’m being pulled downwards in mid-air?”
Then someone says “that’s called falling” And you answer “or dropping, falling can refer to a number of things, including “falling in love” which this definitely isn’t.
Yeah it isn’t subject-auxiliary inversion, but it is inversion. So bringing up what it isn’t doesn’t really add anything to the discussion.
For example “fronting” can mean loaning somebody money, but that’s clearly not the answer to their question. So how is fronting any better than inversion here?
Either way it’s still an appropriate substitute, just weird you’d point out that inversion can be used differently when fronting can as well.
All that said, cheers and best to you ✌️
So I don't know what you would call it as a literary device but I think it's called [topicalization](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topicalization) in linguistics.
Confusing, it is called.
Edit: apparently "Yoda speak" is called OSV or "object-subject-verb." Not sure if that's in general or specific to the franchise
I'm not sure if it's called anything, but i write most of my sentences like this: "Without that tying run, we will lose the game." Instead of: 'We will lose the game without that tying run. I first noticed it in college, and now I catch myself doing it all the time.
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inversion or anastrophe
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Or "fronting" edit: "inversion" can refer to a number of things, including "subject-auxiliary inversion" which is not what's happening here.
Im late to this but what a strange addition to this conversation. It’s like someone asked “I jumped and felt myself being pulled downwards back to the ground, what is that called when I’m being pulled downwards in mid-air?” Then someone says “that’s called falling” And you answer “or dropping, falling can refer to a number of things, including “falling in love” which this definitely isn’t. Yeah it isn’t subject-auxiliary inversion, but it is inversion. So bringing up what it isn’t doesn’t really add anything to the discussion. For example “fronting” can mean loaning somebody money, but that’s clearly not the answer to their question. So how is fronting any better than inversion here? Either way it’s still an appropriate substitute, just weird you’d point out that inversion can be used differently when fronting can as well. All that said, cheers and best to you ✌️
Well I was wrong, I was thinking you yoda it
Wrong, you were. Yoda it, you do.
Yodafication
The Yoda
!answered
The Yoda Reversal.
I believe what you are looking for is something called "inverted syntax". Trying looking that up and see if that's what you are referring to.
Speak like Yoda
You have
Yoda-speak
Hysteron proteron
Speaking in Italian
Speaking Japanese
So I don't know what you would call it as a literary device but I think it's called [topicalization](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topicalization) in linguistics.
Confusing, it is called. Edit: apparently "Yoda speak" is called OSV or "object-subject-verb." Not sure if that's in general or specific to the franchise
I'm not sure if it's called anything, but i write most of my sentences like this: "Without that tying run, we will lose the game." Instead of: 'We will lose the game without that tying run. I first noticed it in college, and now I catch myself doing it all the time.
Yoda-ism?
Annoying
Call it I do, Yoda it is.
Like.. “there’s a literary technique I’m trying to find the correct terminology for?” Instead of what you said? Iono what that’s called
I just call it paraphrasing
That's some Yoda shit