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Peer reviewedHaiman, John – Language, 1978
A review of analyses of conditionals (in the philosophical literature) and of topics (primarily in linguistics) reveals that their definitions are very similar. This paper justifies the method of basing semantic analysis of a construction on a cross-linguistic examination of its superficial form. (Author/NCR)
Descriptors: Grammar, Language Universals, Linguistic Theory, Logic
