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They can combine noun phrases, verb phrases, adverbials, prepositions, relative clauses, and statements: see the [https://toaq.net/refgram/22/ refgram]. | They can combine noun phrases, verb phrases, adverbials, prepositions, relative clauses, and statements: see the [https://toaq.net/refgram/22/ refgram]. | ||
=== On combining verb phrases === | |||
Logical conjunctions of verb phrases have “combine the sentences” semantics ''inside their would-be definition'', rather than causing a bifurcation in the clause they're in. | |||
For example, {{t|bảo ru kủo}} is a new verb phrase meaning “___ is white, and it is black”. | |||
So {{t|Nẻo sa bảo ra kủo tóq}} claims that there is a black-and-white thing on the table. We do not read it as {{t|(Nẻo sa bảo tóq) & (Nẻo sa kủo tóq)}}. If this meaning is desired it can be recovered by combining noun phrases instead: {{t|Nẻo sa bảo ra <u>sa</u> kủo tóq}}. | |||
=== On combining statements === | === On combining statements === | ||