Finnish coordinators

Finnish coordinates with free words that stand before the second coordinand. Conjunction is ja 'and', with the emphatic sekä … että 'both … and', neither member of which is the plain coordinator. Disjunction distinguishes standard tai 'or', with the emphatic joko … tai 'either … or', from interrogative vai, which asks the hearer to choose between the alternatives.

Main definitions

• Finnish.Coordination.ja: the conjunctive coordinator.
• Finnish.Coordination.tai, Finnish.Coordination.vai: the standard and the interrogative disjunctive coordinator.
• Finnish.Coordination.sekaEtta, Finnish.Coordination.jokoTai: the emphatic constructions.

References

• [Has07]

def Finnish.Coordination.ja : Coordinator

ja 'and'.

Equations

• Finnish.Coordination.ja = { morph := Morphology.Morph.free "ja", gloss := "and", role := Coordinator.Role.conjunctive }

def Finnish.Coordination.tai : Coordinator

tai 'or'.

Equations

• Finnish.Coordination.tai = { morph := Morphology.Morph.free "tai", gloss := "or", role := Coordinator.Role.disjunctive }

def Finnish.Coordination.vai : Coordinator

vai 'or' of alternative questions.

Equations

• Finnish.Coordination.vai = { morph := Morphology.Morph.free "vai", gloss := "or", role := Coordinator.Role.disjunctive }

def Finnish.Coordination.sekaEtta : Coordinator.Correlative

sekä … että 'both … and'.

Equations

• Finnish.Coordination.sekaEtta = { first := [Morphology.Morph.free "sekä"], second := [Morphology.Morph.free "että"], single := Finnish.Coordination.ja }

def Finnish.Coordination.jokoTai : Coordinator.Correlative

joko … tai 'either … or'.

Equations

• Finnish.Coordination.jokoTai = { first := [Morphology.Morph.free "joko"], second := [Finnish.Coordination.tai.morph], single := Finnish.Coordination.tai }