Abstract
The chapter delas with pragmatic inputs in written language syntax, namely using a colon in a non-introductory function. Discourses with colon (not representing compund sentences) are presented as a result of author's effort to create intentional cesura creating a confrontation effect associated with ensueing implicatures or invited inference.
The intended interpretation may include irony, producer's subdued positive or negative attitude towards the communicated subject or just striving for a more prominent contrast. In the viewpoint of the analyzed texts, colon has become an explicit means of expression enhancing pragmatic aspects of discourse/text interpretation.