Stage and Individual-level predicates whithin "if" and "when" clauses: what works and what doesn't

Clauses headed by if and when are very often considered syntactically and semantically equivalent.  Nevertheless, in this paper we show that the type of predicate has an impact both on the grammaticality and the interpretation of the subordinate clause in Spanish. Theses clauses provide evidence for...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Asuncion Martínez-Arbelaiz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Septentrio Academic Publishing 2013-04-01
Series:Borealis: An International Journal of Hispanic Linguistics
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Online Access:http://www.ub.uit.no/baser/septentrio/index.php/borealis/article/view/2413