3.1.3.2.3. Spreading domain of non-manual markers in adversative coordination
In adversative coordination, the spreading of non-manual markers varies, but the extension of head tilt/body lean and the use of space in opposite directions are always coarticulated with the elements that contrast in the two conjuncts. We can see an example of this below, where the use of non-manual markers to mark the presence of two conjuncts is mainly spread on the two verbal constituents.
ht-right re, sq ht-left, bl-left ht-right, bl-left
giorgia cake chocolate very good but [fruit cl (5): ‘fruits’+++ burn][ipsi].
‘Giorgia baked a very good chocolate cake, but burnt a fruit cake.’
(© Alexandra Navarrete-González & Giorgia Zorzi 2019. Reprinted with permission from Navarrete-González & Zorzi, 2019)