Poly-predicative conditional constructions in Catalan (in comparaison with Spanish and French)
By poly-predicative conditional constructions we mean complex sentences that contain at least three simple sentences, each representing either a condition or a consequence. Poly-predicative sentences can in addition contain other simple sentences that represent neither condition, nor consequence. Po...
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| description | By poly-predicative conditional constructions we mean complex sentences that contain at least three simple sentences, each representing either a condition or a consequence. Poly-predicative sentences can in addition contain other simple sentences that represent neither condition, nor consequence. Poly-predicative constructions that, apart from one condition and one consequence, also include other simple sentences, are not classified here as poly-predicative conditional constructions. While poly-predicative constructions in general have already been in the focus of researches attention, this article seems to address them on Catalan material for the first time. The purpose of this article is an analysis of syntactic relations in poly-predicative conditional constructions. Its objectives include their comparison in Catalan, Spanish, and French, identification of the main types of these constructions, and an analysis of their characteristics. Since the use of tenses and moods in the constructions addressed coincides with that in prototypical bi-predicative conditional constructions, we do not examine it here. The methods, used in this study, included: sampling during corpus collection, classification, description, comparison, transformational analysis and synthesis. The study is based on Catalan texts and their translations into Spanish and French. The findings of the study include: 1) Poly-predicative conditional constructions with several condition and/or consequence clauses are possible. Condition and consequence clauses can occupy different positions in poly-predicative conditional constructions; 2) In contrast to Catalan and Spanish, French admits the replacement of the conditional conjunction si by que; 3) Prototypical conditional and poly-predicative constructions are invariably characterized by subordination relations, with coordination parataxis possible as well. In addition, more complex syntactic structures are possible like, e. g., parallel co-coordination; 4) A prototypical conditional construction being a complex sentence, this limits possible syntactic types of poly-predicative conditional constructions. They cannot be structured as a string of simple sentences connected by coordination or subordination. Consecutive subordination of three or more subordinate sentences is not characteristic of conditional constructions; 5) The study identified a similarity between poly-predicative conditional constructions in Catalan, Spanish, and French. The present research is a contribution into the syntax of Romance languages. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4cd72d97893b4ce7984f0d8cf07223692023-10-27T08:09:41ZengSamara National Research UniversityВестник Самарского университета: История, педагогика, филология2542-04452712-89462021-11-0127312813610.18287/2542-0445-2021-27-3-128-1368425Poly-predicative conditional constructions in Catalan (in comparaison with Spanish and French)T. V. Repnina0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4347-7939Institute for Linguistic Studies of the Russian Academy of SciencesBy poly-predicative conditional constructions we mean complex sentences that contain at least three simple sentences, each representing either a condition or a consequence. Poly-predicative sentences can in addition contain other simple sentences that represent neither condition, nor consequence. Poly-predicative constructions that, apart from one condition and one consequence, also include other simple sentences, are not classified here as poly-predicative conditional constructions. While poly-predicative constructions in general have already been in the focus of researches attention, this article seems to address them on Catalan material for the first time. The purpose of this article is an analysis of syntactic relations in poly-predicative conditional constructions. Its objectives include their comparison in Catalan, Spanish, and French, identification of the main types of these constructions, and an analysis of their characteristics. Since the use of tenses and moods in the constructions addressed coincides with that in prototypical bi-predicative conditional constructions, we do not examine it here. The methods, used in this study, included: sampling during corpus collection, classification, description, comparison, transformational analysis and synthesis. The study is based on Catalan texts and their translations into Spanish and French. The findings of the study include: 1) Poly-predicative conditional constructions with several condition and/or consequence clauses are possible. Condition and consequence clauses can occupy different positions in poly-predicative conditional constructions; 2) In contrast to Catalan and Spanish, French admits the replacement of the conditional conjunction si by que; 3) Prototypical conditional and poly-predicative constructions are invariably characterized by subordination relations, with coordination parataxis possible as well. In addition, more complex syntactic structures are possible like, e. g., parallel co-coordination; 4) A prototypical conditional construction being a complex sentence, this limits possible syntactic types of poly-predicative conditional constructions. They cannot be structured as a string of simple sentences connected by coordination or subordination. Consecutive subordination of three or more subordinate sentences is not characteristic of conditional constructions; 5) The study identified a similarity between poly-predicative conditional constructions in Catalan, Spanish, and French. The present research is a contribution into the syntax of Romance languages.https://journals.ssau.ru/hpp/article/viewFile/9805/8627conditional constructionspoly-predicative constructionscomplex sentencecatalanspanishfrenchconditionconsequence. |
| spellingShingle | T. V. Repnina Poly-predicative conditional constructions in Catalan (in comparaison with Spanish and French) Вестник Самарского университета: История, педагогика, филология conditional constructions poly-predicative constructions complex sentence catalan spanish french condition consequence. |
| title | Poly-predicative conditional constructions in Catalan (in comparaison with Spanish and French) |
| title_full | Poly-predicative conditional constructions in Catalan (in comparaison with Spanish and French) |
| title_fullStr | Poly-predicative conditional constructions in Catalan (in comparaison with Spanish and French) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Poly-predicative conditional constructions in Catalan (in comparaison with Spanish and French) |
| title_short | Poly-predicative conditional constructions in Catalan (in comparaison with Spanish and French) |
| title_sort | poly predicative conditional constructions in catalan in comparaison with spanish and french |
| topic | conditional constructions poly-predicative constructions complex sentence catalan spanish french condition consequence. |
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