RHETORICAL FIGURES. 671 



Asyndeton, or lack of connective particle between two nouns, phrases, 

 or sentences (co-ordinate or subordinate). Since the language possesses 

 no particle coxTesponding to our and, this rhetorical figure is rather natural, 

 unless it occurs where a subordinate sentence has to be connected with the 

 principal one. And is often replaced by tchish also and by tchui hereupon 

 and its compounds. 



ka's we-u^alks tselash gi'tk, shlapsh gi'tk the ipo-plant has a furcated 

 stem (and) has flowers, 147, 8. 



lap Modokishash shuenka, ndan shliuiya, etc., they killed two Modocs, 

 they wounded three 54, 13. 



t'shi'shap p'ki'shap k'leka (her) father (and) mother died, 54, 2. 



Ellipsis, or the dropping of words and short phrases from a sentence, 

 is frequently met with in the conversational style, when the sentence can 

 be easily understood or its meaning guessed at without their presence. 

 Thus, the ellipsis of the verb gi to he, to say, is of a very frequent occur- 

 rence, as in : ki'Uitk nti'-ulaks lalakiam the laws of the chiefs are rigorous, 

 60, 4; talaak ha! is that correct? tsiii nish sa (gi) then they (said) to me. 



Iletaphors and metonymies are of rare occurrence in this language. A 

 metaphor implies a resemblance between two objects by assigning to one 

 the name, attribute, or action of the other, while through metonymy we 

 call one object by the name of another that possesses an acknowledged 

 relation to it. The oratory of these Indians is not by far so much given to 

 flowery, symbolic, figurative language as that of the Eastern Indians, among 

 whom this style forms such a paramount feature. There are, however, 

 some instances in our Texts, and we must take care not to confound them 

 with idiomatic forms of speech. 



at lalaki hu'ntsak i nen 161a, kehimtsank si'tk lu'dshna now ye chiefs, ye 

 are believing without any ground, ye walk along as with closed eyes, 

 64, 10. Cf also 54, 18. 



p'laiki'.sham palpalish shi'l k'hi'ulgpcan raising the white flag of the one in 

 heaven, 14, 2. 



Syllepsis is called the construing of words according to the meaning 

 they convey and not by the strict requirements of grammatic rules. It is 



