Thursday, 22 February 2024

The Days Of Auld Lang Syne


Both units of the Qualifier realise the meaning 'in the past', with the second elaborating the first, and the relation is paratactic, because neither depends on the other:

The days of auld (old)
The days lang syne (long since/long ago)

However, on the model of Halliday (1994: 193):


 the logical structure is:

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