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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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| − | *''' | + | 1) *Bill ''walks'' and ''pencil''. |
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| − | + | 2) Bill ''walks'' and ''talks''. | |
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| − | == | + | == Conjunction (The act of conjoining) == |
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| − | [[Category: Technical Definitions]] | + | == Conjunction (The linking particle) == |
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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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| + | *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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Revision as of 05:58, 29 October 2013
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.
1) *Bill walks and pencil.
2) Bill walks and talks.
Conjunction (The act of conjoining)
Conjunction (The linking particle)
In English you can list elements conjoined or coordinated using a comma and putting an "and" or "or" at the end:
- John, Bill, Susan, and Fred
In Gaelic, the conjunction must be put after each conjunct:
- Ian agus Uilleam agus Susan agus Fred.
