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Hendiadys

Device
Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

A rhetorical figure expressing a single idea through two coordinated nouns joined by “and” instead of modifier-noun syntax.

Detailed Definition
Hendiadys: A rhetorical figure where a single idea is expressed through two coordinated nouns or adjectives joined by “and” instead of a modifier-head structure (e.g., “sound and fury” for “furious sound”), intensifying poetic diction through syntactic doubling.
Example
Example in poetry:
Hendiadys: “Sound and fury” (Macbeth) merges two nouns into one idea; “Grace and favour” implies gracious favour; “Wine and roses” suggests rose-scented wine; “Body and soul” conveys total being; “Law and order” implies ordered lawfulness; “Time and tide” expresses inevitable temporal force
Additional Notes
Expressing one idea through two nouns joined by "and." "Nice and warm" = "nicely warm." Compression device. Related: rhetoric, hendiatris. Study: how coordination replaces subordination.
Other Meanings of “Hendiadys”
Also Known As
Double expression paired terms two-for-one semantic doubling
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