JVC@SU-SCORE.ARPA (04/24/84)
From: Janet Coursey <JVC@SU-SCORE.ARPA> William Gass is expansive but probably incomplete in examining functional uses of "and" in written literature. He finds these uses and meanings: a conditional, a conjunction, adverbial, to balance or coordinate, finally, in particular or above all, joint dependency of truth value, in addition, following in time, following in space, next, equally true, increased emphasis, sum or total, equivalence of interpretation or "that is to say", to condense, to skip, suddenness in time, suddenness in space, consequence and cause... More uses and their wonderful subtleties are presented in the article; they are more varied than the aiList discussion has yet revealed. The author is the David May Distinguished University Professor in the Humanities at Washington University. Gass, William H. "And." Harper's. February, 1984.