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

Suggested Citation

Sullivan, Karen, If and When It's a Construction… (January 1, 2011). Constructions and Frames 3:2, 236-260, 2011, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2387209

Karen Sullivan (Contact Author)

University of Queensland ( email )

St Lucia
Brisbane, Queensland 4072
Australia

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