palindromic?

[Arnold M. Zwicky]

On Oct 11, 2007, at 10:29 AM, Ben Zimmer wrote:

> On 10/11/07, Arnold M. Zwicky <zwicky at csli.stanford.edu> wrote:
>>

>> ... further examples follow -- of chiastic phrases, not palindromic
>> ones.  chiasmus and palindromes both involve reversals, but in
>> different ways.

> Well, chiastic constructions like "its imagination within its
> experience and its experience within its imagination" vaguely resemble
> "word palindromes" -- typical examples of which include:...

i was expanding on this posting for Language Log on just this point.
now i've cribbed your examples.  with credit.

arnold

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