Conjunctions constitute an open class: the same elements can be used as
conjunctions, prepositions, adverbs (see also under adverbs and
prepositions).
Conjunction: Ti sentirai tranquillo, dopo aver sostenuto l'esame
Adposition (Preposition): Ti sentirai tranquillo dopo l'esame
Adverb: Sostenuto l'esame, dopo ti sentirai tranquillo
- conjunction: the conjoined sentence is in dependency
relation with the governing predicate;
- preposition: the argument is an NP;
- adverb: it semantically modifies the whole sentence and the predicate in
particular.
Confusions can be made between the values conjunction and noun, conjunction and adjective, conjunction and pronoun, conjunction and determiner, conjunction and adverb, conjunction and adposition,
pos=adj | pos=conj | ||
D e s c r i p t i o n | E x a m p l e | D e s c r i p t i o n | E x a m p l e |
adjective | un uomo solo/adj | conjunction | ho telefonato, solo/conj non ti ho trovato |
pos=pron, type=int | pos=conj | ||
D e s c r i p t i o n | E x a m p l e | D e s c r i p t i o n | E x a m p l e |
pronoun | dimmi che/pron, type=int sara' di lui | conjunction | sapere che/conj verrai, mi tranquillizza |
pos=pron, type=excl | pos=conj | ||
D e s c r i p t i o n | E x a m p l e | D e s c r i p t i o n | E x a m p l e |
pronoun | che/pron, type=excl sara' di noi! | conjunction | sapere che/conj verrai, mi tranquillizza |
pos=det, type=excl | pos=conj | ||
D e s c r i p t i o n | E x a m p l e | D e s c r i p t i o n | E x a m p l e |
pronoun | che/det, type=excl fine faremo! | conjunction | sapere che/conj verrai, mi tranquillizza |
pos=conj | pos=adpos | ||
D e s c r i p t i o n | E x a m p l e | D e s c r i p t i o n | E x a m p l e |
conjunction | dopo/conj aver sostenuto l'esame, ti riposerai | adposition | dopo/adpos l'esame, ti sentirai meglio |