What's the difference between parataxis and polysyndeton?
Parataxis
Definition:
(n.) The mere ranging of propositions one after another, without indicating their connection or interdependence; -- opposed to syntax.
Example Sentences:
(1) The investigation involves an analysis of C. S. Peirce's phenomenological categories of experience and their three Sullivanian parallels, i.e., prototaxis, parataxis, and syntaxis.
Polysyndeton
Definition:
(n.) A figure by which the conjunction is often repeated, as in the sentence, "We have ships and men and money and stores." Opposed to asyndeton.