Coordination
The default way to conjoin constituents A and B in Beng is the construction A nà̰ B lō, literally ‘A together with B’. This construction conjoins noun phrases (102b), adjective phrases, as well as adverbial constituents. Verbs and verb phrases never conjoin in Beng, so that the meaning of correspon...
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| Format: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Mandenkan
2015
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| Accès en ligne: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Résumé: | The default way to conjoin constituents A and B in Beng is the construction A nà̰ B lō, literally ‘A together with B’. This construction conjoins noun phrases (102b), adjective phrases, as well as adverbial constituents. Verbs and verb phrases never conjoin in Beng, so that the meaning of corresponding constructions of European languages has to be expressed via clause combination of one kind or another (102c). Clause-level conjunction in its turn has to be expressed via juxtaposition of sent... |
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