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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Main Author: Nadina Cehan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Alexandru Ioan Cuza University Press 2018-06-01
Series:Linguaculture
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Online Access:https://journal.linguaculture.ro/index.php/home/article/view/116