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If and when it's a construction …

Author： Sullivan Karen

Publisher： John Benjamins Publishing Company

ISSN： 1876-1941

Source： Constructions and Frames, Vol.3, Iss.2, 2011-01, pp. : 236-260

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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.

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