The functional distribution of preposed and postposed ‘if’ and ‘when’ clauses in written discourse

Ramsey, Violeta

doi:10.1075/tsl.11.17ram

In:Coherence and Grounding in Discourse: Outcome of a Symposium, Eugene, Oregon, June 1984
Russell S. Tomlin
[Typological Studies in Language 11] 1987
► pp. 383–408

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The functional distribution of preposed and postposed ‘if’ and ‘when’ clauses in written discourse

Violeta Ramsey

Published online: 1 January 1987

https://doi.org/10.1075/tsl.11.17ram

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