the combination of clauses in complex sentence constructions, and of coordinands in coordinate constructions (whether the coordinands are clauses or not), by an overt free or clitic morpheme. Example: She picked up the pieces and dumped them in the wastebasket is an instance of syndetic clause coordination, due to the presence of the coordinator and. Syndetic coordination may be monosyndetic or bisyndetic. (Section 15.2.2)