The ‘Drama-Queen’ and Other Conditionals in Real Discourse
The formal approach to conditionals, treating them in a decontextualized manner, has been the most developed. The present paper shows how problematic this approach can be when conditionals are studied in context. One large class of conditionals could be termed ‘interactional’, and includes formulaic...
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Language: | English |
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Alexandru Ioan Cuza University Press
2018-06-01
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Series: | Linguaculture |
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Online Access: | https://journal.linguaculture.ro/index.php/home/article/view/116 |