Constructions with if, since, and because: Causality, epistemic stance, and clause order

Cause - Condition - Concession - Contrast: Cognitive and Discourse Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 111-142

  Dancygier, Barbara ^a   Sweetser, Eve ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1515/9783110219043.2.111     Document Type: Chapter

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