Different and Proud of It

A TAG Perspective on the Coordination of Unlike Categories

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ID21398815
AutoresDiego Gabriel Krivochen (0000-0001-6145-1057, School of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences University of Reading Reading UK, autor correspondente)
Ano2026
Volume80
Fascículo1
Data de publicação2026-04-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoStudia Linguistica (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0039-3193 • E-ISSN: 1467-9582
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/stul.70003
OpenAlexW4414596386
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas1
Referências citadas74

This paper presents an analysis of sentences featuring superficial coordinations of unlike categories in English, such as John is a Republican and proud of it (NP and AP) and Pat is stupid and a liar (AP and NP). We argue that, despite the fact that examples like these have been grouped in the literature on coordination of unlikes, there are significant syntactic differences that justify distinguishing between them representationally and derivationally. We propose two categories of coordination of unlikes: anaphoric and intersective coordinations. In particular, we will focus on how to formulate a structural description that gets the right reference for it in a Republican and proud of it , a point unexplored in existing proposals

Focus (optics) · Perspective (graphical) · Point (geometry) · Structural approach · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · Linguistics and Discourse Analysis · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation