Comparative Concept: simultaneous (sem)
Extracted from the appendix of Morphosyntax: Constructions of the World's Languages, by William Croft (2022)
simultaneous (sem)
| Typ | meaning (def) |
|---|---|
| Alias(se) | simultaneous • overlap |
| Assoziiert | |
| Spraakbanken | simultaneous (sem) |
Umbrella
Hierarchy
Definition
the semantic relation between two events where two events temporally coincide or overlap. Example: He sang while she played the banjo is a figure–ground construal of the simultaneous relation in an adverbial clause construction, and He sang and she played the banjo is a complex figure construal of the relation in a coordinate clause construction. (Section 15.3.1)