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Cross-Linguistic Typology of Coordination #

Three complementary typological perspectives on coordination:

1. Structural Typology #

Classifies coordination by overt form:

2. Semantic Decomposition (@cite{mitrovic-sauerland-2014}, @cite{mitrovic-sauerland-2016}) #

Classifies by underlying semantic structure:

3. WALS Typological Features (Chapters 56, 63, 64) #

Three WALS features capture cross-linguistic variation in coordination:

Ch 56: Conjunctions and Universal Quantifiers (@cite{dryer-haspelmath-2013}) #

Whether a language's conjunction marker ("and") is formally similar to its universal quantifier ("all/every"). Three values:

Ch 63: Noun Phrase Conjunction (@cite{dryer-haspelmath-2013}) #

Whether a language's NP conjunction marker ("and") is the same as its comitative marker ("with"). Two values:

Ch 64: Nominal and Verbal Conjunction (@cite{dryer-haspelmath-2013}) #

Whether a language uses the same marker for NP conjunction ("A and B") and VP/clausal conjunction ("sang and danced"). Three values:

Connection #

Haspelmath's structural categories map onto M&S's semantic pieces:

The MU particle in conjunction is typically the SAME morpheme as the language's additive/focus particle, confirming the diachronic link.

The WALS Ch 63 feature (and = with) connects directly to the diachronic comitative source: languages where "and" IS "with" are precisely those where the comitative-to-coordinator grammaticalization is still transparent.

Syndesis: presence and number of overt coordinators (Haspelmath §1).

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      Coordinator position relative to its coordinand (Haspelmath §1.2).

      @cite{haspelmath-2007} notes that co-A B (prepositive on first coordinand only) is unattested (cf. @cite{stassen-2000}, n=260). This is the one logically possible monosyndetic pattern that never occurs.

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          Structural pattern for binary coordination (Haspelmath (17)).

          Monosyndetic: 3 attested patterns (of 4 logically possible). A co-B (prepositive on 2nd: English "A and B") A-co B (postpositive on 1st: Tibetan "A-daŋ B") A B-co (postpositive on 2nd: Latin "A B-que")

          co-A B — UNATTESTED (@cite{haspelmath-2007}; cf. @cite{stassen-2000}, n=260)

          Bisyndetic: 4 attested patterns. co-A co-B (prepositive: Yoruba "àtí A àtí B") A-co B-co (postpositive: Martuthunira "A-thurti B-thurti") A-co co-B (mixed: Homeric Greek "A-te kaì B") co-A B-co (mixed: Latin "et A B-que")

          • a_co_b : CoordPattern

            A co-B: medial prepositive (English "A and B", Lango "A kèdè B")

          • a'co_b : CoordPattern

            A-co B: medial postpositive on 1st (Tibetan "A-daŋ B")

          • a_b'co : CoordPattern

            A B-co: final postpositive (Latin "senatus populus-que")

          • co'a_co'b : CoordPattern

            co-A co-B: prepositive bisyndetic (Yoruba "àtí A àtí B")

          • a'co_b'co : CoordPattern

            A-co B-co: postpositive bisyndetic (Martuthunira "A-thurti B-thurti")

          • a'co_co'b : CoordPattern

            A-co co-B: mixed bisyndetic (Homeric Greek "A-te kaì B")

          • co'a_b'co : CoordPattern

            co-A B-co: mixed bisyndetic (Latin "et A B-que")

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              Diachronic source of conjunction constructions (Haspelmath §5.1, p.10).

              Two main pathways create conjunction markers:

              1. Comitative "with" → monosyndetic coordinator (A with B → A and B)
              2. Additive focus particle "also/too" → bisyndetic coordinator (A also B also)
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                  Haspelmath's key insight connecting diachronic source to structural pattern:

                  • Comitative source → monosyndetic (because "with" links two NPs)
                  • Focus particle source → bisyndetic (because "also" marks each NP)

                  This aligns with M&S: J ≈ comitative-derived, MU ≈ focus-particle-derived.

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                    Morphological boundness: whether a particle is a clitic/suffix or a free word. Relevant to acquisition (@cite{clark-2017}: free morphemes acquired more readily).

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                        A conjunction morpheme in a specific language.

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                            A language's conjunction system.

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                                English only has J ("and"). "Both...and" is sometimes analyzed as J-MU, but "both" is not productively used as an additive particle ("John both slept") and English lacks MU-only conjunction ("John both Mary both slept"). See FormMeaning.lean andBoth for the "both" ≈ precision-adding analysis.

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                                  Japanese conjunction uses "to" (J) and "mo" (MU). "to" derives from the comitative marker. "mo" is also the additive particle (see AdditiveParticles/Data.lean japaneseMo).

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                                    Hungarian: "és" (J, free, prepositive), "is" (MU, free, postpositive). "is" is also the additive focus particle ("also"). One of two languages in our sample with all three strategies (J, MU, J-MU).

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                                      Georgian: "da" (J, free), "-c" (MU, bound clitic). "-c" is also the additive/focus particle. One of two languages in our sample with all three strategies.

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                                        Latin: "et" (J, free, prepositive) and "-que" (MU, bound enclitic, postpositive). "-que" is the classic bound MU particle. Three structural patterns attested: A et B (monosyndetic), A B-que (monosyndetic), et A B-que (mixed bisyndetic).

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                                          Korean: "-(i)rang" (J, bound, postpositive) and "-to" (MU, bound, also additive). Pattern: A-(i)rang B (monosyndetic postpositive), A-to B-to (bisyndetic postpositive).

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                                            Slovenian: "in" (J, free, prepositive). Primarily J-only for standard conjunction.

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                                              Lango (Nilotic, Uganda): "kèdè" is a comitative marker ("with") that also serves as coordinator ("and"). The classic AND-language: comitative source gives monosyndetic A co-B (@cite{noonan-1992}:163, @cite{haspelmath-2007}: (20)).

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                                                Hausa (Chadic, Nigeria): "da" means both "with" (comitative) and "and" (conjunction). Archetypal comitative → conjunction path (@cite{schwartz-1989}:32,36; @cite{haspelmath-2007}: (12)).

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                                                  Yoruba (Kwa, Nigeria): "àtí" in the pattern "àtí A àtí B" is the canonical example of prepositive bisyndetic coordination (@cite{rowlands-1969}:201ff, @cite{haspelmath-2007}: (25)).

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                                                    Kannada (Dravidian, southern India): postpositive "-u" on each coordinand gives A-co B-co (@cite{sridhar-1990}:106, @cite{haspelmath-2007}: (5)). "-u" is also the additive/focus particle in Dravidian.

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                                                      Martuthunira (Pama-Nyungan, W. Australia): "-thurti" on each coordinand gives A-co B-co (@cite{dench-1995}:98, @cite{haspelmath-2007}: (26)).

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                                                        Classical Tibetan: "-daŋ" is postpositive on first coordinand, giving A-co B. Derives from comitative source (@cite{beyer-1992}:240, @cite{haspelmath-2007}: (21)).

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                                                          Hindi-Urdu: "aur" (J, free, prepositive) and "bhii" (MU, free, additive). "bhii" is the additive particle "also/too" (see AdditiveParticles). Pattern: A aur B (monosyndetic), A bhii B bhii (bisyndetic postpositive).

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                                                            Turkish: "ve" (J, free, prepositive) and "de/da" (MU, free, additive). "de/da" is the additive particle "also" (vowel harmony alternation). Pattern: A ve B (monosyndetic), A da B de (bisyndetic postpositive).

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                                                              Irish: "agus" (J, free, prepositive). No MU strategy attested. Pattern: A agus B (monosyndetic medial).

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                                                                Persian: "va" (J, free, prepositive) and "ham" (MU, free, additive). "ham" is the additive particle "also/too". Pattern: A va B (monosyndetic), A ham B ham (bisyndetic postpositive).

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                                                                  Finnish: "ja" (J, free, prepositive) and "-kin" (MU, bound, additive). "-kin" is the additive focus particle "also/too": koira-kin kissa-kin 'dog-too cat-too' = 'both the dog and the cat'. Standard conjunction: koira ja kissa 'dog and cat' (monosyndetic medial).

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                                                                      Does a language have a MU morpheme that also serves as additive?

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                                                                        Every language with a MU conjunction particle uses the same morpheme as its additive ("also/too") particle.

                                                                        This is a core prediction of M&S / Mitrović (2021): MU is a single lexical item with subset semantics that appears in both conjunction and additive contexts.

                                                                        NOTE: Restricted to languages in our sample that HAVE a MU morpheme.

                                                                        All three strategies (J, MU, J-MU) attested only in Georgian and Hungarian in our sample. This is typologically rare.

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                                                                          Languages with full M&S strategy classification (from @cite{bill-etal-2025}).

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                                                                            Every M&S-classified language in our sample has at least the J-only strategy.

                                                                            Get the boundness of a language's MU particle, if it has one.

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                                                                              Georgian MU is bound, Hungarian MU is free.

                                                                              @cite{bill-etal-2025} @cite{mitrovic-2021} speculate this morphological difference may explain why Georgian children found MU-involving expressions harder than Hungarian children did: bound morphemes are harder to segment and acquire.

                                                                              Does a language have a morpheme with a given diachronic source?

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                                                                                Haspelmath's diachronic generalization (§5.1): Every language with a known comitative-sourced morpheme has at least one monosyndetic structural pattern.

                                                                                This confirms: comitative "with" → monosyndetic A co-B / A-co B. Languages: Lango ("kèdè"), Hausa ("da"), Japanese ("to"), Classical Tibetan ("-daŋ").

                                                                                Haspelmath's diachronic generalization (§5.1): Every language with a known focus-particle-sourced morpheme has at least one bisyndetic structural pattern.

                                                                                This confirms: additive focus particle "also" → bisyndetic A-co B-co. Languages: Japanese ("mo"), Hungarian ("is"), Georgian ("-c"), Latin ("-que"), Korean ("-to"), Kannada ("-u").

                                                                                Mitrović & Sauerland's Universal Structure #

                                                                                @cite{stassen-2000} @cite{haspelmath-2007} @cite{schwartz-1989}

                                                                                @cite{mitrovic-sauerland-2016} claim that EVERY language has the same underlying structure for DP conjunction:

                                                                                [JP [MuP [DP ☉] MU] [J' J [MuP [DP ☉] MU]]]

                                                                                All three strategies (J, MU, J-MU) are underlyingly identical. What varies is which functional heads (J, MU₁, MU₂) are pronounced.

                                                                                Semantic content (via Montague/Conjunction.lean) #

                                                                                See BillEtAl2025.ms_decomposition_eq_coord for the proof that this roundtrip recovers standard coordEntities semantics.

                                                                                Empirical challenge to M&S universality.

                                                                                The M&S decomposition + Transparency Principle predicts J-MU (where all semantic pieces are overtly realized) should be EASIEST to acquire. But in Georgian, J-MU is significantly HARDER for children than either J-only or MU-only.

                                                                                This theorem surfaces the contradiction at the typology level so that any module importing Typology.lean sees that the M&S categories are empirically contested, not established universals.

                                                                                Conjunct 1: Georgian has all three M&S strategies (as M&S predicts). Conjunct 2: M&S + Transparency predicts J-MU is most transparent. Conjunct 3: Georgian children found J-MU significantly harder (more replays).

                                                                                The boundness confound.

                                                                                Georgian MU (-c) is bound; Hungarian MU (is) is free. Hungarian children showed no significant sentence-type effect on either accuracy or replays. This raises the possibility that morphological boundness — not the M&S decomposition itself — drives the Georgian difficulty.

                                                                                If boundness is the real factor, then M&S categories (J, MU, J-MU) are not the right level of analysis for acquisition predictions.

                                                                                Open problem: predict the @cite{bill-etal-2025} acquisition asymmetry.

                                                                                No existing account predicts the full cross-linguistic pattern:

                                                                                • @cite{mitrovic-sauerland-2016} + Transparency Principle → predicts J-MU easiest. Wrong for Georgian.
                                                                                • @cite{szabolcsi-2015} → alternative quantifier-particle analysis. Doesn't predict it.
                                                                                • @cite{haslinger-etal-2019} → plural/distributive analysis. Doesn't predict it.

                                                                                A complete theory should derive: when MU is morphologically bound, J-MU incurs extra acquisition cost (segmentation difficulty outweighs transparency benefit). When MU is free, no such cost arises, yielding the Hungarian null.

                                                                                TODO: This likely requires a processing/acquisition model where morphological complexity (boundness) and syntactic transparency (overt form-meaning mapping) are competing factors. The sorry marks this as the central open gap in the coordination typology — the M&S categories describe the space but don't yet predict which regions are hard to acquire.

                                                                                WALS Ch 56: Whether a language's conjunction marker is formally similar to its universal quantifier and/or interrogative pronoun.

                                                                                This captures a deep typological pattern: in many languages, "and", "all/every", and "what/who" share morphological material, suggesting a common semantic core (set-theoretic operations over individuals).

                                                                                • formallyDifferent : ConjQuantRelation

                                                                                  Conjunction and universal quantifier are formally unrelated. Example: English "and" vs "every/all".

                                                                                • similarNoInterrogative : ConjQuantRelation

                                                                                  Conjunction and universal quantifier share formal material, but the interrogative pronoun is different. Example: English "every" "and" similarity is marginal; Hungarian "es" (and) "minden" (every) share no form but the quantifier and interrogative are linked.

                                                                                • similarWithInterrogative : ConjQuantRelation

                                                                                  Conjunction, universal quantifier, and interrogative pronoun all share formal material. Example: Japanese "mo" serves as conjunction particle ("A-mo B-mo"), universal quantifier ("dare-mo" = everyone), and is related to the interrogative "dare" (who).

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                                                                                    WALS Ch 63: Whether a language's NP coordinator ("and") is formally identical to its comitative adposition ("with").

                                                                                    This is directly relevant to the diachronic source of coordinators: languages where "and" = "with" are those where the comitative-to- coordinator grammaticalization pathway is still transparent.

                                                                                    • andDifferentFromWith : ConjComitativeRelation

                                                                                      The conjunction marker and comitative marker are different forms. Example: English "and" (conjunction) vs "with" (comitative).

                                                                                    • andIdenticalToWith : ConjComitativeRelation

                                                                                      The conjunction marker and comitative marker are the same form. Example: Japanese "to" serves as both comitative ("with") and conjunction ("and"); Swahili "na" means both "and" and "with".

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                                                                                        @cite{stassen-2000} AND/WITH classification of languages. AND-languages have structurally distinct coordinate and comitative strategies. WITH-languages use comitative encoding as the only strategy for NP conjunction.

                                                                                        Derived from WALS Ch 63 conjunction/comitative relation: languages where "and" ≠ "with" have differentiated the two strategies (AND-status); languages where "and" = "with" retain comitative-based conjunction (WITH-status).

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                                                                                            WALS Ch 64: Whether a language uses the same conjunction marker for NP coordination ("cats and dogs") and VP/clausal coordination ("sang and danced").

                                                                                            Languages that differentiate may use distinct markers, or may use overt coordination for one but juxtaposition for the other.

                                                                                            • identity : NomVerbalConjRelation

                                                                                              Same conjunction marker for NP and VP coordination. Example: English "and" in both "cats and dogs" and "sang and danced".

                                                                                            • differentiation : NomVerbalConjRelation

                                                                                              Different conjunction markers for NP and VP coordination. Example: Japanese "to" for NPs ("inu to neko") but different strategies for VP conjunction.

                                                                                            • bothJuxtaposition : NomVerbalConjRelation

                                                                                              Both NP and VP coordination are expressed by juxtaposition (no overt marker for either). Example: some Australian and South American languages.

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                                                                                                A language's coordination typology profile across WALS Chapters 56, 63, 64.

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                                                                                                    Derive AND/WITH status for a coordination profile from its Ch 63 value. @cite{stassen-2000}: lexical identity of "and" and "with" is the diagnostic for WITH-language status.

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                                                                                                      English (Indo-European, Germanic). Ch 56: "and" and "every/all" are formally similar without interrogative link. Ch 63: "and" is different from "with". Ch 64: Same "and" for NP and VP coordination (identity).

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                                                                                                        German (Indo-European, Germanic). Ch 56: Not in WALS F56A sample. Ch 63: Not in WALS F63A sample. Ch 64: Same "und" for NP and VP coordination (identity).

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                                                                                                          French (Indo-European, Romance). Ch 56: "et" (and) and "tout/chaque" (all/every) are formally different. Ch 63: "et" (and) is different from "avec" (with). Ch 64: Same "et" for NP and VP coordination (identity).

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                                                                                                            Spanish (Indo-European, Romance). Ch 56: Not in WALS F56A sample. Ch 63: "y" (and) is different from "con" (with). Ch 64: Same "y" for NP and VP coordination (identity).

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                                                                                                              Russian (Indo-European, Slavic). Ch 56: Not in WALS F56A sample. Ch 63: "i" (and) is different from "s" (with). Ch 64: Same "i" for NP and VP coordination (identity).

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                                                                                                                Japanese (Japonic). Ch 56: Conjunction "mo", universal quantifier "mo" (dare-mo = everyone), and interrogative "dare" (who) are all formally similar. Ch 63: "to" (and) is identical to "to" (with/comitative). Ch 64: NP and VP conjunction use different strategies (differentiation). NP: "A to B" or "A mo B mo"; VP: different connective strategies.

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                                                                                                                  Mandarin Chinese (Sino-Tibetan). Ch 56: Conjunction, quantifier, and interrogative are formally similar. Ch 63: "he" or "gen" (and) is identical to comitative "gen/he" (with). Ch 64: NP and VP conjunction use different strategies (differentiation). NP: "A he B"; VP: different connective or serial verb.

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                                                                                                                    Korean (Koreanic). Ch 56: Not in WALS F56A sample. Ch 63: Conjunction marker is different from comitative. Ch 64: NP and VP conjunction use different markers (differentiation).

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                                                                                                                      Turkish (Turkic). Ch 56: "ve" (and) and "her" (every) are formally different. Ch 63: "ve" (and) is different from "ile" (with). Ch 64: Same conjunction for NP and VP coordination (identity).

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                                                                                                                        Finnish (Uralic). Ch 56: Conjunction and universal quantifier formally similar with interrogative link. Ch 63: "ja" (and) is different from comitative case marker. Ch 64: Same "ja" for NP and VP coordination (identity).

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                                                                                                                          Hungarian (Uralic). Ch 56: Conjunction and universal quantifier formally similar without interrogative link. Ch 63: "es" (and) is different from comitative "-val, -vel" (with). Ch 64: Same "es" for NP and VP coordination (identity).

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                                                                                                                            Hindi (Indo-European, Indo-Aryan). Ch 56: Conjunction, universal quantifier, and interrogative formally similar. Ch 63: "aur" (and) is different from "ke saath" (with). Ch 64: Same "aur" for NP and VP coordination (identity).

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                                                                                                                              Arabic (Egyptian) (Afro-Asiatic, Semitic). Ch 56: Not in WALS F56A sample. Ch 63: "wa/wi" (and) is different from "ma'a" (with). Ch 64: Same conjunction for NP and VP coordination (identity).

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                                                                                                                                Swahili (Niger-Congo, Bantu). Ch 56: Not in WALS F56A sample. Ch 63: "na" serves as both conjunction ("and") and comitative ("with"). Ch 64: Not in WALS F64A sample.

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                                                                                                                                  Tagalog (Austronesian). Ch 56: Conjunction, universal quantifier, and interrogative formally similar. Ch 63: "at" (and) is different from "kasama" (with). Ch 64: Same conjunction for NP and VP coordination (identity).

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                                                                                                                                    All WALS coordination profiles in the sample.

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                                                                                                                                      Number of WALS coordination profiles in our sample.

                                                                                                                                      F63A: "and" being different from "with" is the majority pattern (131 > 103).

                                                                                                                                      F64A: Identity of NP and VP conjunction is the majority pattern (161/301).

                                                                                                                                      F56A: Formal similarity between conjunction and universal quantifier (with or without interrogative) is the majority pattern: 33 + 43 = 76 > 40.

                                                                                                                                      F64A: Juxtaposition for both NP and VP conjunction is rare (15/301 = 5%).

                                                                                                                                      F63A connects to diachronic source: languages where "and" = "with" (103/234 = 44%) are those with transparent comitative-to-coordinator grammaticalization. This is a substantial minority but not the majority.