Which syntactic arrangement places clauses or phrases one after another without explicit connectors?

• A. Parataxis
• B. Agglutinative Language
• C. Phone
• D. Content Validity

Answer: (A)

Parataxis is the arrangement where clauses or phrases are placed one after another without explicit connective words. It creates a sequence with little to no conjunctions, often relying on punctuation or simple adjacency to signal the relationship. A crisp example is “I came, I saw, I conquered”—three ideas listed in order without using and or but. This style gives a brisk, equal-statement feel and can emphasize the sequence or simultaneity of events.

This contrasts with subordination or explicit linking, where conjunctions or relative words are used to show how one clause relates to another. The other options describe different ideas entirely: agglutinative language is about how words are built from morphemes, phone is not a syntactic arrangement, and content validity concerns measuring what a test is supposed to measure.