English Coordination Morphemes

[Has07] [MS16]

English has a sparse coordination inventory:

• and — J, free, prepositive: "A and B"
• or — disjunction, free, prepositive
• but — adversative, free, prepositive
• both…and, either…or, neither…nor — correlative bisyndetic uses

English is a canonical J-only language in the [MS16] classification (no overt MU morpheme).

Consumed by Studies/Haspelmath2007.lean (Haspelmath2007.english).

def English.Coordination.and_ : Coordinator

and — primary conjunction, J particle. Free, prepositive.

Equations

• English.Coordination.and_ = { form := "and", gloss := "and", role := Coordinator.Role.j, boundness := Boundness.free, correlative := true, note := "correlative use as 'both…and'" }

def English.Coordination.or_ : Coordinator

or — disjunction. Free, prepositive; correlative as 'either…or'.

Equations

• English.Coordination.or_ = { form := "or", gloss := "or", role := Coordinator.Role.disj, boundness := Boundness.free, correlative := true }

def English.Coordination.but_ : Coordinator

but — adversative. Free, prepositive.

Equations

• English.Coordination.but_ = { form := "but", gloss := "but", role := Coordinator.Role.advers, boundness := Boundness.free }

def English.Coordination.nor_ : Coordinator

nor — negative disjunction; correlative 'neither…nor'.

Equations

• English.Coordination.nor_ = { form := "nor", gloss := "nor", role := Coordinator.Role.negDisj, boundness := Boundness.free, correlative := true }

def English.Coordination.allEntries : List Coordinator

Equations

• English.Coordination.allEntries = [English.Coordination.and_, English.Coordination.or_, English.Coordination.but_, English.Coordination.nor_]