Comparative Concept: bisyndetic (str)
Extracted from the appendix of Morphosyntax: Constructions of the World's Languages, by William Croft (2022)
bisyndetic (str)
| Typ | strategy |
|---|---|
| Alias(se) | bisyndetic |
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Definition
a strategy used in syndetic - coordination where there are as many coordinators as coordinands. Example: in Upper Kuskokwim dineje ʔɨɬ midzish ʔɨɬ 'moose and caribou', the coordinator ʔɨɬ occurs with each coordinand. In some cases, the two coordinators are different, as in English Either...or..., as in Either you leave or I leave. (Section 15.2.2)