The role of lists in a categorial analysis of coordination

Abstract

The paper proposes categorial analyses for coordination with multiple conjuncts, correlative coordination, and respectively coordination. It argues that in a categorial setting these phenomena can only be adequately analysed if a data structure of lists is introduced. To this purpose the Lambek Calculus is extended with the Kleene star, a connective that has already been explored in other substructural logics. Cor respondingly, the calculus is extended with list-forming operators as motivated by the analysis of the coordination phenomena.