[Lingtyp] syntactic construction formula

[JOO, Ian [Student]]

I don’t think it implies anything per se, since it’s just a notation that can express anything you want it to.
But in many computer languages - for example R - {} means “within this scope” and | means “or”, so {A|B} would mean “A or B”. It doesn’t imply that AB constitutes anything. So it would be a good option to express “YC or CY” in your grammar.

Ian
On 20 Dec 2020, 6:56 PM +0800, Christian Lehmann <christian.lehmann at uni-erfurt.de>, wrote:
Am 20.12.20 um 11:54 schrieb JOO, Ian [Student]:
Dear Christian,

How about X{YC|CY}?

Thanks.

Does this imply that [YC] ~ [CY] is a syntagma (or constituent, if you prefer)?

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