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LanguageQuestionSubquestionColorParameterValuePreference
Akan57conjunction1
Amharic57chaining1
Amharic57Sub-Main1
Ika57conjunction1NA
Bernese German57conjunction1ND
Bwamu57conjunction1NA
Czech57conjunction1NA
Jula57conjunction1
Jula57chaining1
Jula57juxtapos1
Jula57Main-Sub1
Finnish57conjunction1
Finnish57chaining1
Finnish57juxtapos1
Finnish57Sub-Main1
Finnish57Main-Sub1
Gagauz57conjunction1
Mongolian57chaining1NA
Mongolian57Sub-Main1NA
Linxia Chinese57chaining1
Huarong Chinese57conjunction1
Huarong Chinese57juxtapos1
Ancash Quechua57chaining1NA
Ancash Quechua57Sub-Main1NA
Hungarian57conjunction1
Hungarian57juxtapos1
Hungarian57Sub-Main1
Hungarian57Main-Sub1
Indonesian57conjunction1NA
Indonesian57juxtapos1NA
Italian57conjunction1
Jejueo57chaining1NA
Jejueo57juxtapos1NA
Jejueo57Sub-Main1NA
Jejueo57Main-Sub1NA
Kangle Chinese57juxtapos1
Kazakh57chaining1NA
Kazakh57Sub-Main1NA
Standard Mandarin57conjunction1NA
Standard Mandarin57juxtapos1NA
Standard Mandarin57Sub-Main1NA
Marathi57conjunction1
Marathi57chaining1
Marathi57Sub-Main1
Mopan Maya57conjunction1NA
Mopan Maya57juxtapos1NA
Mooré57conjunction1
Nepali57chaining1
Nepali57Sub-Main1
Nepali57Main-Sub1
Newari57chaining1
Newari57Sub-Main1
Turkish57conjunction1
Turkish57Sub-Main1
Polish57conjunction1
Slovene57conjunction1
Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian57conjunction1P
Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian57juxtapos1S
Cochabamba Quechua57chaining1NA
English57conjunction1NA
English57chaining1NA
English57Sub-Main1P
English57Main-Sub1S
Standard German57conjunction1
Standard German57chaining1
Standard German57Sub-Main1
Standard German57Main-Sub1only with subordinator
Thai57conjunction1NA
Thai57Sub-Main1NA
Thai57Main-Sub1NA
Tunen57conjunction1NA
Tunen57juxtapos1NA
Upper Sorbian57conjunction1NA
Vietnamese57conjunction1NA
Vietnamese57Sub-Main1NA
Vietnamese57Main-Sub1NA
Oromo57conjunction1
Oromo57chaining1
Oromo57Sub-Main1P
Oromo57Main-Sub1S

(57) How is the coordination of clauses accomplished?

Alternatives to be checked: conjunction / clause chaining / juxtaposition / other

If there is a dependent clause, does it precede or follow the main clause? Sub-Main / Main-Sub

Evenki (Tungusic)

Etyrken (bira-tki ngene-d'ene) [umnet dylgan-ma doldy-ksa] [ugiski iche-kse] [il-la-n].

old.man river-ALL go-CVB suddenly voice-ACC hear-CVB upwards look.at-CVB stand.up-NFUT-3SG

'The old man (while going to the river) suddenly heard the voice, (and) looked upwards, and stood still.' (Nedjalkov)

Evenki: clause chaining, preceding

English: conjunctions, no dependent clause

Explanation: Working definition of 'clause chaining': The coordination of clauses is accom-plished not with conjunctions, such as and, but with the help of special verb forms that are not fully finite (e.g., Longacre). These are also sometimes referred to as 'Asian converbs' (e.g., Bickel).

In Evenki, the fully specified verb is il-la-n, which is marked for tense and person. The dependent and non-fully specified verbs are marked with the 'converb' -ksA, only indicating anteriority and 'same subject'.

If the language uses 'converbs' for both clause chaining and adverbial subordination (56), please describe whether this is accomplished with the same or different forms.

Background: There might be a correlation of clause chaining with O-V order. The order of dependent clause and main clause might also correlate with O-V/V-O.