5. The grammar of conjunctive and disjunctive coordination in Iraqw

Mous, Maarten

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“…to exist in the typological literature. For example, Mous (2004) reports that Iraqw (Southern Cushitic, Tanzania) has the inventory of connectives in (7a). Wari' (Chapacura-Wanam, Brazil) is argued to have only a conjunctive connective, thus having the inventory in (7b) (Mauri, 2008).…”

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The Informativeness/Complexity Trade-Off in the Domain of Boolean Connectives

Uegaki

2023

Linguistic Inquiry

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I apply the model of semantic universals in terms of informativeness/complexity trade-off (Kemp, Xu, and Regier, 2018) to Boolean connectives. The model explains the cross-linguistic absence of the connective NAND, once we incorporate theoretical insights from Horn (1972) and Katzir and Singh (2013). The lack of NAND follows if languages optimise the trade-off between (a) simplicity of the lexicon measured in terms of primitive symbols and (b) informativeness of the lexicon measured in terms of accurate transfer of information, given scalar implicature. The analysis demonstrates that the model provides a promising insight into the nature of lexicalisation in logical vocabularies.

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The Informativeness/Complexity Trade-Off in the Domain of Boolean Connectives

Uegaki

2023

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“…Smith et al (2018) take this as an argument that the disjunction head must see both disjuncts, and hence that disjunction agreement is not the result of ellipsis. Interestingly, they note that in Iraqw (Cushitic), according to Mous (2004), subject agreement is with the highest disjunct, while object agreement is with the closest disjunct (an asymmetry that recalls Hindi, above), and again point to the difficulties in explaining this under an ellipsis account.…”

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Closest Conjunct Agreement

Nevins

Weisser

2019

Annu. Rev. Linguist.

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Closest conjunct agreement is of great theoretical interest in terms of what it reveals about the structure of coordination; the locality of agreement relations; and the interaction between syntax, semantics, and morphology in the expression of agreement. We highlight recent approaches to the phenomenon, including typologically diverse case studies and experimentally elicited results, and point out crystallized generalizations as well as directions for future research, including the absence of last conjunct agreement, the absence of closest conjunct case, differences between conjunction and disjunction, and the role of linear adjacency in morphological realization.

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“…Merlan (1982) observed that a dubitative adverb maŋaya 'perhaps' is typically used to express an alternative relationship in Mangarayi. Mous (2004) noted that Iraqw disjunctive laqáa serves functions beyond disjunction, and that the "non-coordinating" uses include the expression of possibility, probability, and doubt. Iyeiri (2009) shows that the English verb doubt has developed an epistemic use, as in This, I doubt, will prove a Utopian conceit.…”

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The emergence of disjunction: A history of constructionalization in Chinese

Jing–Schmidt

Peng

2016

Cognitive Linguistics

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This study investigates the diachronic development of Chinese disjunction, drawing implications both for principles of diachronic Construction Grammar, and for the linguistic typology of disjunction. Close examinations of data from historical corpora revealed non-linear, gradual constructional changes based on complex yet principled interactions of conceptual origin, constructional patterning, discourse pragmatics, and an isolating typology in the development of Chinese disjunction. Specifically, the results (1) show that construction is the source, unit and product of change, (2) demonstrate the pivotal role of syntactic and semantic reanalysis in the micro changes leading to the constructionalization of disjunction, (3) reveal a conceptual and diachronic continuity between epistemic uncertainty and disjunction, (4) highlight frequency of use as a driving force in the conventionalization and entrenchment of constructional schema, and (5) confirm the role played by an isolating typology in syntactic and categorial reassignment as a key step in grammatical constructionalization.

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5. The grammar of conjunctive and disjunctive coordination in Iraqw

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The Informativeness/Complexity Trade-Off in the Domain of Boolean Connectives

The Informativeness/Complexity Trade-Off in the Domain of Boolean Connectives

Closest Conjunct Agreement

The emergence of disjunction: A history of constructionalization in Chinese

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