...Yes, this is fascinating.
James,
This is fascinating. I have been working for several years on the idea that the construct relation in Hebrew is actually built on a reduced verbal clause, a clause built around what I call a "relator" verb (i.e. one that semantically denotes some sort of relationship). I prefer the term "clause" over "sentence" and hence I usually notate S as Cl, but that's mainly just a quibble over terminology. In any case, what I speculate is
N - V(r) - N --> N(cs) - N
which to me looks a lot like your map above. What do you think?
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