COORDINATION

Coordination

In linguistics, coordination is a frequently occurring complex syntactic structure that links together two or more elements, known as conjuncts or conjoins. The presence of coordination is often signaled by the appearance of a coordinator, e.g. and, or, but . The totality of coordinator and conjuncts forming an instance of coordination is called a coordinate structure. The unique properties of coordinate structures have motivated theoretical syntax to draw a broad distinction between coordination and subordination. Coordination is one of the most studied fields in theoretical syntax, but despite decades of ...

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coordination

Noun

  1. the act of coordinating, making different people or things work together for a goal or effect.
  2. the resulting state of working together; cooperation; synchronization
  3. the ability to coordinate one's senses and physical movements in order to act skillfully.
    I'm terrible at sports -- I have no coordination.
  4. the state of being equal in rank or power.
  5. an equal joining together two or more phrases or clauses, for example, using and, or, or but.
  6. The reaction of one or more ligands with a metal ion to form a coordination compound


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