2. Coordination in Mentalese

Ohori, Toshio

doi:10.1075/tsl.58.04oho

In:Coordinating Constructions
Edited by Martin Haspelmath
[Typological Studies in Language 58] 2004
► pp. 41–66

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2. Coordination in Mentalese

Toshio Ohori | University of Tokyo at Komaba

Published online: 29 July 2004

https://doi.org/10.1075/tsl.58.04oho

1.Introduction: Mental logic meets linguistic typology

2. Against the universality of coordination

2.1 The universalist claim formulated

2.2 Cross-categorial uniformity

2.3 Category-internal uniformity

3. The relationship between and and or

3.1 Underdifferentiation

3.2 Some asymmetries between and and or

3.3 Implications

4. Mentalese from the bottom up

5. Conclusion

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