3.5.7.1. Internal structure of concessive clauses
A common way to express the concessive meaning is through the sign glossed same, as in the following sentence.
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giannia ixa sick same job participate
‘Although Gianni is sick, he goes to work.’
This sentence is a biclausal structure, as revealed by the change in non-manual-marking (raised eyebrows and squint eyes over the sign giannia ixa sick). The same type of analysis can be proposed for the following sentence, in which the change of non-manual-marking signals the transition from the first clause (man short) to the second one.
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man short ix3 same basketball play
‘Although that man is short, he plays basketball.’
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