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coordinand en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (rare) A conjunct or disjunct; either term of a conjunctive conjunction or a disjunctive conjunction.
    • In this analysis, the Coord category matches any syntactic head; and all conjuncts (sometimes called “coordinands”) agree with this type, including argument structures to the left and right that are being coordinated. [2025, Edward A. F. Gibson, “Dependency Grammar” (chapter 3), in Syntax: A Cognitive Approach, MIT Press, →DOI, →ISBN, page 89:
    • In English, linking elements are the conjunction and, the disjunction or and the adversative linker but, collectively called COORDINATORS. The units that are coordinated will be called COORDINANDS in this article (CONJUNCTS, when linked by conjunction, DISJUNCTS, when linked by the disjunctive connector). 2019, Roberto Zamparelli, “Coordination”, in De Gruyter, Mouton, pages 135-170:

Forms

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coordinands Number=Plur lexicographic

Synonyms

conjunct