Apo koinou construction
Introduction In linguistics, an '''apo koinou construction''' () is a blend of two clauses through a lexical word which has two syntactical functions, one in each of the blended clauses. The clauses are connected asyndetically.Usually the word common to both sentences is a predicative or an object in the first sentence and a subject in the second one. Such constructions are not grammatical in standard modern English, but may serve stylistic functions, such as conveying through written dialogue that a character is uneducated. In many cases, the second clause of such a construction may be seen as a relative clause whose relative pronoun has been dropped, which in English is not generally grammatical when the relative pronoun is the subject of its clause.The term 'apo koinou' is from two Greek words: the preposition ''apo'' 'from'; and ''koinou'', the genitive singular of the neuter adjective ''koinon'' 'common'.
Examples * ''"There was '''no breeze''' came through the door".'' (E. Hemingway)* ''"There was '''a door''' led into the kitchen".'' (E. Hemingway)* ''"This is '''the sword''' killed him."'' (''Routledge Dictionary of Language and Linguistics'')* ''"There was '''a farmer''' had a dog."'' (Bingo, a children's folk song)
References * N. N. Kislitsyna, T. V. Melnichenko, ''Text Interpretation''