Additive

Last updated: Dec. 15, 2025

Definition

Essentially the relation of listing, when one element is added to another forming a series, without any variation in structural relations between them.

It also seems to be known as conjoining. In conjoining propositions they are not chronologically related and are of equal prominence, and there is no need to choose between the two, both are true.

English examples

  • He healed many and cast out demons.
  • He teaches Chemistry and writes science fiction
  • The children broke the china, kicked the paint work and dropped sweets on the carpet.
  • Mary does the housework and Jean does the cooking.

Kovol examples

  • Yobugo simong nog ebemind. Gusubong simong ebemind.
    "They took all of Yobugo's vanilla. They took gusubong's vanilla."
  • “Eng igugum. Ginam igu.“
    “I'm here. Ginam is here”
  • Endet igitug. Heb endet igisis.
    "We will be (like that). See and they will be (like that)"
  • “Hotugune mu agamot. Yombong mu agamot.”
    “The sky wasn't there. The earth wasn't there.”
  • “Bili ombo pendebiginim eb, yot yot wolambiginim eb, endete ege pigining.”
    “the good you are want to sell, and the bad you are want to smoke, like that you will put it.”
  • Teme hobol ama, nong salame. Nong hobol ama, ong salaming.
    “When your wife speaks, you listen. When you speak, she will listen.”

Kovol description

Kovol can form additive relationships by repeating the same final verb with different subjects. This the same pattern as Equivalence, but the subjects are different and not synonyms.

Additive propositions come across as a repeated pattern for Prominence.

Proportionality and Incongruity examples were not found and can be considered additive.

Degree of confidence

Medium

Addition within sentences is clear to see. How that addition works for proposition clusters and paragraphs is of course, harder to see clearly.

It doesn't seem to differ from Equivalence or Head-amplification in structure, just in content.