<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Very intriguing! <br><br><div dir="ltr">The beautiful term „mermaid construction“ reminds me of the older term „pied piper construction“. Can you briefly explain what it is?</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Thanks,</div><div dir="ltr">Martin</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">Am 09.09.2020 um 08:40 schrieb TasakuTsunoda <tasakutsunoda@nifty.com>:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">
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--></style><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-language:JA"> 2020/09/09<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-language:JA">Dear Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-language:JA"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-language:JA"> I am happy to announce that the following book has been published.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-language:JA"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-language:JA">Tsunoda, Tasaku (ed.). 2020. <i>Mermaid construction: A compound-predicate construction with biclausal appearance. </i>(Comparative Handbooks of Linguistics 6). Berlin & Boston: De Gruyter Mouton.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-language:JA"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"MS Mincho";mso-fareast-language:JA"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-language:JA">For information on this book, please see the following site: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"MS Mincho";mso-fareast-language:JA"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-language:JA">https://www.degruyter.com/view/title/568273?tab_body=toc<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-language:JA"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-language:JA"> I add that the following book was published in 2018.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-language:JA"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-language:JA">Tsunoda, Tasaku (ed.). 2018. <i>Levels in clause linkage</i>. (Comparative Handbooks of Linguistics 2). Berlin & Boston: De Gruyter Mouton.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-language:JA"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"MS Mincho";mso-fareast-language:JA"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-language:JA">For information on this book, please see the following site: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"MS Mincho";mso-fareast-language:JA"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-language:JA">https://www.degruyter.com/view/title/524272<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-language:JA"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-language:JA">Best wishes,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-language:JA"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-language:JA">Tasaku Tsunoda<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-language:JA"><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div>
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