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Consecutives like Hebrew's "waw-consecutives" in your 'langs

From:Eldin Raigmore <eldin_raigmore@...>
Date:Tuesday, September 2, 2008, 16:41
I am thinking of a clause-chaining feature like Hebrew's "wa-consecutives".

I am imagining four clause-conjunctions (conjunctions that connect clauses
with the meaning "and").

One will be used only if the clauses have the same Aspect,
Modality/Mode/Mood, Polarity, Tense, and Voice.

One will be used only if the clauses have the same TAM (Tense, Aspect, and
Mood/Mode/Modality) but either different Voice or different Polarity or both.

One will be used only if the clauses have the same VAP (Voice, Aspect, and
Polarity) but either different Tense or different Mood/Mode/Modality or both.

One will be used otherwise; that is, if the clauses differ in Aspect, or if they
differ both in one (or both) of Tense or Mood, and in one (or both) of Voice
and Polarity.

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How reasonable is that?
Are there any natlangs that have similar phenomena?
What "motivates" such "switching vs nonswitching" type clause-conjunctions
in natlangs, where what's switched or not isn't a reference to a participant?

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Related additional questions about fusion of verb morphology.

TAM) How common is it for a 'lang to fuse Tense, Aspect, and
Modality/Mode/Mood? Does your 'lang?

TA) How common is it for a 'lang to fuse Tense and Aspect? Does your 'lang?

TM) How common is it for a 'lang to fuse Tense and Modality/Mode/Mood?
Does your 'lang?

AM) How common is it for a 'lang to fuse Aspect and Modality/Mode/Mood?
Does your 'lang?

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VAP) How common is it for a 'lang to fuse Voice, Aspect, and Polarity? Does
your 'lang?

VA) How common is it for a 'lang to fuse Voice and Aspect? Does your 'lang?

VP) How common is it for a 'lang to fuse Voice and Polarity? Does your 'lang?

AP) How common is it for a 'lang to fuse Aspect and Polarity? Does your 'lang?

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Jim Henry <jimhenry1973@...>