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Adverb-marking in coordinate constructions 195
the ly-suffix in one conjunct where it occurs in the other conjunct; this interpretation
has the same result.) In (23), for example, anticipating the ly-adverb to come,
the choice is made not to suffix handsome-, the -ly on concisely then fulfilling the
adverbial marking function for both.
(23(=9b)) and I fell to writing of it very neatly, and it was very handsome and
concisely done.
The general motivation for morphological brachylogy is the same as for paradigmatic
selection of the zero adverb referring to syntactic context: the goal is to
avoid identity or repetition (again, this directly conflicts with the motivation for
formal symmetry as in the majority pattern). In the next subsection, we will consider
the question of which provides a more appropriate analysis in the case of
(Early) Modern English.
4.4 Paradigmatic selection vs. morphological brachylogy:
Does it have to be either/or?
While both phenomena, paradigmatic selection of a zero formation and morphological
brachylogy, are available cross-linguistically, it is not clear at first glance
which is operative in the case of (Early) Modern English adverbial coordination.
For one thing, paradigmatic selection is available in the system: there are two
choices of formation-type within derivation, outside of coordination structures,
and it seems reasonable to claim that a decision as to what formation process to
follow is made in the normal case. Pounder (2004, 2007) proposes that paradigmatic
selection be the preferred analysis where this is so, that is, where a zero-form
is an acceptable systemic option. The justification for this is an aesthetic one: the
more economical account makes use of just one mechanism where possible, and
the zero-forms must be generatable in any event. However, it seems clear from the
data that morphological brachylogy must also be operative in some cases.
To establish that morphological brachylogy can be invoked in (Early) Modern
English, we must consider the syntactic context in which the coordination of adverbs
occurs more closely. Section 2 outlines the contexts in which zero adverbs
may occur; what goes unmentioned there is the contexts in which zero adverbs
may not occur. With very few exceptions (LONG ADV is one), zero adverbs may
not occur in the position before the lexical verb, particularly not before the finite
verb, and this has been in vigour throughout Modern English: I ran fast, Julie sings
loud/loudly but *I fast ran, *Julie loud sings. We should expect, then, that in preverbal
position, the only formation type appearing in adverbial coordination will be
X + ly. Some examples seem to support this, for example (24):
(24 (=14a)) …and then he faithfully and boldly supplieth it, yet seasonable and
discreetly by taking aside the lord or lady