If and When It's a Construction…
Constructions and Frames 3:2, 236-260, 2011
35 Pages Posted: 30 Jan 2014
Date Written: January 1, 2011
Abstract
Abstract: The current study documents and analyzes the previously unrecognized English if and when construction. This construction coordinates a conditional and a temporal conjunction, as in if and when P Q; Q until and unless P; and a wide range of other micro-constructions. The current study documents the various types of if and when constructions, examines their relation to temporal and conditional constructions, and analyzes their variations in form and meaning from a Construction Grammar perspective.
Keywords: Construction Grammar, temporal, conditional, conjunctions, epistemic stance, distancing
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