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=== Connectives ===
=== Connectives ===
[[File:bukiamaqruluemaq.png|300px|thumb|right|Kuna's parse tree.]]
Officially, {{t|rú}} is described as joining TPs, but what this actually boils down to is {{t|rú}} joins the highest phrase under a CP. In particular, {{t|rú}} scopes over negation: {{t|Bu kıa máq rú lue máq}} means "It's not red, and it ''is'' yellow."
 
Officially, {{t|rú}} is described as joining TPs, so {{t|Bu kıa máq lue máq}} means "It's false that [it's red and it's yellow]", i.e. it's neither red nor yellow.
 
[[Kuna]] currently has {{t|rú}} joining ΣPs, so that {{t|Bu kıa máq rú lue máq}} means "It's not red, and it ''is'' yellow."
 
<small>(TODO: resolve this? My intuition is lined up with pómı Kuna, and I'd repeat {{t|bu}} to say the other thing. But another option is to say that {{t|rú}} joins the smallest constituent on the right that's bigger than a verb, so {{t|bu kıa máq rú lue máq}} is vP-rú-vP and {{t|bu kıa máq rú <u>jeo</u> lue máq}} is how you achieve ΣP-rú-ΣP. [[User:Lynn|Lynn]] ([[User talk:Lynn|talk]]) 11:39, 30 March 2024 (UTC))</small>