ABSTRACT
More precisely, parallelism is defined here as the occurrence in close proximity in a text of two or more phrases having:
(i) Denotative relationship – normally similarity (especially synonymy or near-synonymy; Section 7.1.1), membership of the same semantic field (Section 7.3) or contrast (especially antonymy or near-antonymy; Section 10.2.3.1);
(ii) Grammatical similarity or identity – in respect to their morphology (Section 10.2; also sections 10.2.3.1-10.2.3.3), and/or their lexis (Section 10.2.1; also sections 10.2.4-10.2.4.2) and/or their syntax (Section 10.2) – and possibly also:
(iii) Phonic similarity (in that the phrases contain in relation to one another alliteration/assonance and possibly rhyme; Section 9.1.1).
