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Publication details [#20918]

Traugott, Elizabeth Closs. 1985. Conditional markers. In Givón, Talmy. Iconicity, isomorphism and non-arbitrary coding in syntax. In : 187–219. : 289–307.

Publication type

Article in book

Publication language

English

Keywords

conditional utterance | diachrony vs. synchrony | iconicity

Annotation

On why apparently unrelated semantic categories may come in the history of a language to be used to express the same semantic relation, with special reference to some universals in the diachrony of markers signaliing conditional protasis, and special attention to the principle of iconicity.