Anankastic conditional
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An anankastic[1] conditional is a grammatical construction of the form
- If you want X, you have to do Y.
where Y is required in order to get X. For example:
- If you wanna be my lover, you have got to get with my friends.
[edit] Notes
- ^ From Greek ἀναγκαστικός "compulsory" from ἀνάγκη "necessity."
[edit] External links
- Janneke Huitink Analyzing anankastic conditionals and sufficiency modals
- Opinionatry If You Want To Get To Sugar Hill in Harlem
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