等とう位い構こう造ぞう

noun

coordinate structure

Linguistics term for a syntactic construction where two or more elements of equal status are joined, typically with a conjunction like と or や.

• 「犬いぬと猫ねこ」は等とう位い構こう造ぞうの一いち例れいです。

  "Inu to neko" (dog and cat) is an example of a coordinate structure.

• 等とう位い構こう造ぞうでは、接せつ続ぞく詞しで結むすばれた要よう素そが文ぶん法ぽう的てきに対たい等とうです。

  In a coordinate structure, the elements joined by a conjunction are grammatically equal.