>and >but >so I'm sincerely confused by this.

>>8798250
must be a spoken dialect thing. in my own people sometimes start sentences with "aye, naw, ah know" (yes, no, i know)

>>8798507
Have you read IJ? It doesn't read that way at all, and things like this only happen in narration. There are several examples within the first pages alone:

>and but so
>and so but
>and but even then

This kind of thing happens throughout the novel, why?

>>8798250

In addition to what >>8798507 said, I've heard Wallace justify this usage as what he called a 'compound conjunction', in other words the connective, concessive, and logical functions are all intentional

>>8798524
>>and but even though*

>>8798527
This. DFW's knowledge of grammar and language is so advanced, you should st least give him the benefit of the doubt if not outright deference.

>>8798527
>>8798533
I think though in assuming it's correct or has a mechanical, structural purpose in his prose, we may be missing the point of the usage of "and but so."

>>8798527
Compound conjunctions are definitely a feature of English, but "and but so" doesn't really hold logical consequences in the same way other compound conjunctions do. There's not semantic content to the phrase in the same way there is in "as if"

>>8798533
There is not any writer living or dead who rose to the level of meriting "outright deference."

>>8798576
>not deferring to Jesus, author of the Bible

>>8798250
>>8798524

It's a way of layering perspective from an over analiytical mind.

Processing the explanation/recalling the story in multiples, instead of one time.

At least I have done this from time to time

And: But-so she didn't suck my dick

Meme Machines
Meme Machines

>>8798250
It's a play on Anti-Brake System.

It's a way of just try to sound "natural" and mimic speech patterns. People often say things like "so yeah" even "yeah no".

>>8798250
totally forgot about this meme

Over-saturated conjunctions reflect our society