3.5.9.6. Simultaneous expression of the main event and the adverbial clause
Signers make use of simultaneous expression of the main clause and the subordinate clause while expressing addition. In such utterances, the signer first introduces the event in the adverbial clause with the dominant hand, then the event in the main clause with the non-dominant hand. At the end, the signer refers to two events simultaneously by pointing at two contrastive loci with two index fingers as shown in the example below.
ht-r ht-l
[meal cook ıx1 cook other] garden ıx1 work. ıxa[ipsi_up] ıxb[contra_up]
‘Besides cooking, I look after the garden.
ıxa[ipsi_up] ıxb[contra_up]
‘I look after this job as well as that job.’
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