Comparative Concept: conditional pronoun (cxn)
Extracted from the appendix of Morphosyntax: Constructions of the World's Languages, by William Croft (2022)
conditional pronoun (cxn)
| Typ | construction |
|---|---|
| Alias(se) | conditional pronoun |
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a conditional pronoun that expresses a conditional referent. Example: in If you hear anything, tell me, anything is a conditional pronoun expressing a referent that is found only in the hypothetical world introduced by the protasis of the conditional construction. (Section 3.5)