A peculiar type of connection of sentences which for want of a term we shall call the gap-sentence link (GSL). The connection is not immediately apparent and it requires a certain mental effort to grasp the interrelation between the parts of the utterance, in other words, to bridge the semantic gap. Example: "She and that fellow ought to be the sufferers, and they were in Italy." In this sentence the second part, which is hooked on to the first by the conjunction and, seems to be unmotivated or, in other words, the whole sentence seems to be logically incoherent. But this is only the first impression. After a more careful supralinear semantic analysis it becomes clear that the exact logical variant of the utterance would be: 'Those who ought to suffer were enjoying themselves in Italy (where well-to-do English people go for holydays).' Hope this helps!

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