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''Conjunction'' refers to two things (1) the act of linking items together and (2) the word that accomplishes such linking. In language, we can conjoin discrete elements in a sentence as long as they are constituents and are of the same syntactic category. For example, a verb can be conjoined with another verb, but not with a noun. In example (1), the sentence is ungrammatical because 'walks' is a verb whereas 'pencil' is a noun. These items are of different syntactic categories and therefore cannot be conjoined. On the other hand, when we have two verbs of the same category (example (2)), we have a perfectly grammatical sentence.
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*see [[Conjunction]] for a discussion of how conjunction works in Gaelic
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Conjunctions link two similar words or phrases together into a single phrase. English conjunctions include ''and'', ''or'', "but." In Gaelic the conjunctions include:
  
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1) *Bill ''walks'' and ''pencil''.
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*'''ach'', "but"
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*''agus'' or '' 's'' or '' 'is'', "and"
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*"no" (pronounced <nowiki>[n</nowiki><sup>j</sup>o], "or"
  
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2) Bill ''walks'' and ''talks''.
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==See Also==
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*[[Complementizer (definition)]]
  
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== Conjunction (The act of conjoining) ==
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==External Links==
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*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammatical_conjunction
  
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==References==
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*Crystal, David. (1997) ''A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. '' Oxford, UK: Blackwell.
  
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== Conjunction (The linking particle) ==
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[[Category: Technical Definitions]]
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[[Category: Parts of Speech]]
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In English you can list elements conjoined or coordinated using a comma and putting an "and" or "or" at the end:
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[[Category: Lexical Item]]
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*John, Bill, Susan, and Fred
 
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In Gaelic, the conjunction must be put after each conjunct:
 
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*Ian agus Uilleam agus Susan agus Fred.
 
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[[Category:Technical Definitions]]
 
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[[Category: Syntax]]
 

Revision as of 04:58, 29 October 2013

  • see Conjunction for a discussion of how conjunction works in Gaelic

Conjunctions link two similar words or phrases together into a single phrase. English conjunctions include and, or, "but." In Gaelic the conjunctions include:

  • 'ach, "but"
  • agus or 's or 'is, "and"
  • "no" (pronounced [njo], "or"

See Also

External Links

The link below takes you away from the Gaelic Wiki to Wikipedia. Since wikipedia pages can be edited by anyone, they often contain inaccurate information. So be careful!

References

  • Crystal, David. (1997) A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. Oxford, UK: Blackwell.
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