some contexts for if-clauses in conversation: Speaking conditionally

Ford, Cecilia E.

doi:10.1075/cilt.143.21for

In:On Conditionals Again
Edited by Angeliki Athanasiadou and René Dirven †
[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory 143] 1997
► pp. 387–414

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Speaking conditionally

some contexts for if-clauses in conversation

Cecilia E. Ford

Published online: 24 April 1997

https://doi.org/10.1075/cilt.143.21for

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