Re: CHAT: Dashes

[claudio had his reply-to set, and I didn't notice, so this was accidentally
sent to him only first]

From: "claudio" <claudio.soboll@...>
> hi !
> well a semicolon is a softer connection between sentences than a
> fullstop is.
> analog to this the "and" is used as an even softer connection than the
> semicolon.
> i think the "and" is somewhat overused and overburdened in language.
>
> a solution could be to separate the sentence-connector-"and" from the
> accumulation-"and" ,like "add milk and1 water, and2 stir occasionally"
Those are /k_h/ "and1" and /kI/ "and2" in Hadwan.  /k_h/ is a clitic that
attaches to each member of the list, and /kI/ is a regular conjunction.

    waidzóren ôien      k   hïtsón   khwósho  k
    saw-1SG   fruit-ACC and seed-ACC REFL-GEN and
    "I saw the fruit and its seed"

    /wAI"dzU4En "u:jEnk_h hi:"tsUn "xwUSUk_h/


    gimóren  afân      ki  îrren        ôiïs
    went-1SG water.ACC and gathered-1SG fruit-ACC-PL
    "I went to the water and gathered fruit"

    /gI"mU4En A"fQ:n kI "jIrEn "u:ji:s/


    *Muke!
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