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relevance conditional

noun

Definitions

  1. A subordinate clause, usually introduced by if, that asserts the relevance of the clause…

    A subordinate clause, usually introduced by if, that asserts the relevance of the clause to the main clause of the sentence, but not that it entails the main clause; a construction involving such a clause.

    • To be more precise, the speaker of a relevance conditional assumes a mutual understanding on the parts of the speaker and the addressee[s] that the actualization of P is a sufficient condition for the relevance of the Q-utterance.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for relevance conditional. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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