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-We shall use the terms '''verb form''' and '''noun form''' to refer to any strings of words that can function as “verbs” and “nouns” respectively. Namely, we’ll define
+We shall use the terms '''[[verb form]]''' and '''[[noun form]]''' to refer to any strings of words (grammatical productions) that can function as “verbs” and “nouns” respectively, with the simplistic, teachable idea in mind that:
-; verb forms: [[atomic verb|single verb words]] ({{t|toa}}, {{t|bụfoaq}}), [[serial verb]]s without arguments ({{t|dua maı}}, {{t|fuı tua mara}}), and special verb forms like [[predicatizer]]s ({{t|po jí}}) or [[quote]]s ({{t|shu ‹kası›}}) or [[ë|{{t|ë}}-phrases]] ({{t|ë tı súq ní}}) {{TODO|on the fence about whether this should include verbs with “prefilled” slots, i.e., object incorporation – {{t|choaı sâ nuı}}}}; finally including [[conjunction]]s ({{t|de ra fıe}}) and [[focus]]ed versions ({{t|kụloı}}) of those
+: {{small caps|clause}} ≔ {{small caps|verb form}} + zero or more {{small caps|noun form}}s
-; noun forms: [[determiner phrase]]s ({{t|cáo}}, {{t|ké paı mara}}), [[pronoun]]s ({{t|máq}}, {{t|hụ́la}}), and [[complementizer phrase|subclause]]s ({{t|ꝡä tı súq ní}}, {{t|lä nuaobo báq shıaq jâ}}); finally including conjunctions ({{t|pío de róı é fıe shía}}) and focused versions ({{t|tó báq lue}}) of those
-with the following idea in mind:
-: clause ≔ {{small caps|verb form}} + zero or more {{small caps|noun form}}s
 This reflects the way we think about the composition of clauses, also minding the fact that the grammar puts the verb form at the very front and all the noun forms after it in one sequence. It also saves us from the confusion.