A study of asyndeton in hawthorne's the scarlet letter

Abstract AR

This study explores asyndeton as one of the figures of speech.

Asyndeton is the statement of a several clauses, or phrases without the use of a conjunction between all or one of the parts.

It can be used to convey concision and power and it serves to make the sentence more concise and unpredictable.

To explicate the linguistic phenomenon at hands, definitions and various effects of asyndeton are first introduced.

Then, the study sets out to present forms of asyndeton and its types.

The practical part includes illustrative texts extracted from Nathaniel Hawthorne' novel The Scarlet Letter.

The findings of the study are summed up in the conclusion.