A Summary of Role and Reference Grammar
A Summary of Role and Reference Grammar
A Summary of Role and Reference Grammar
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The following examples from Turkish (Watters 1993) illustrate obligatory operator sharing<br />
<strong>and</strong> the lack <strong>of</strong> it in Turkish core cosubordination <strong>and</strong> coordination, respectively. The term ‘coordination’<br />
here is being used for an abstract linkage relation referring to a relationship <strong>of</strong><br />
equivalence <strong>and</strong> operator independence at the level <strong>of</strong> juncture. It is distinct from conjunction,<br />
which is a construction type <strong>of</strong> the general form ‘X conj Y’, which may be one <strong>of</strong> the formal<br />
instantiations <strong>of</strong> coordinate nexus.<br />
(3) a. Core cosubordination<br />
Gid-ip gör-meli-yiz.<br />
go-CMPL see-MODAL-1pl<br />
‘We ought to go <strong>and</strong> see.’<br />
b. Core coordination<br />
Müzik dinle-yerek, uyu-yabil-ir-im.<br />
music listen-CMPL sleep-MODAL-AOR-1sg<br />
‘While listening to music, I can sleep.’<br />
In (3a), the modal operator -mElI- ‘ought’ has scope over both cores, <strong>and</strong> therefore the nexus is<br />
cosubordinate; in (3b), on the other h<strong>and</strong>, the modal operator -yAbIl- ‘able’ has scope only over<br />
the final core, hence coordinate nexus.<br />
SENTENCE<br />
SENTENCE<br />
CLAUSE<br />
CLAUSE<br />
CORE<br />
CORE
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