Negative Conditional Relation
Negative Conditional Relation
A negative conditional relation is a conditional relation
- in which the consequent is related to the opposite meaning of the antecedent, and
- that is marked on
- the antecedent to carry the meaning equivalent to "unless," or
- the consequent to carry the meaning equivalent to "otherwise."
(English)
Unless it rains, we’ll have our picnic.
I was not informed; otherwise I should have taken some action.
Page/s: 196
Source: Thompson and Longacre 1985
Thompson, Sandra A., and Robert E. Longacre. 1985. "Adverbial clauses." In Shopen 1985c
Page/s: 259
Source: Halliday and Hasan 1976
Halliday, M. A. K., and Ruqaiya Hasan. 1976.Cohesion in English. London: Longman.
Page/s: 78–79
Source: Dijk 1977
Dijk, Teun van . 1977.Text and context: Explorations in the semantics and pragmatics of discourse. London: Longman.
Broader Terms
Related terms
- RT⇆ Antecedent
