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Past Tense, Te-form & Aspect

Past tense, the て-form, requests, progressive and connecting actions
条件文の意味論
semantics of conditionals
conditional semantics
Truth conditions of と/ば/たら/なら
と条件: 恒常的帰結
to conditional: constant result
to conditional
Inevitable/habitual consequences
ば条件: 仮定
ba conditional: hypothesis
ba conditional
Hypothetical and counterfactual uses
たら条件: 多機能性
tara conditional: multifunctionality
tara conditional
Conditional, temporal, and discovery uses
なら条件: 主題的
nara conditional: topical
nara conditional
Given/topical conditions
反事実条件
counterfactual conditionals
counterfactuals
ば…のに; expressing unreal conditions
譲歩条件: ても
concessive conditional: temo
temo
～ても = even if; concessive conditional
複文の従属性の階層
hierarchy of subordination
subordination levels
Degrees of clause integration (Minami's levels)
接続助詞の体系
the system of conjunctive particles
conjunctive particles
から/ので/のに/が/けど and their nuances
談話における節連鎖
clause-chaining in discourse
clause chaining
Te-form and clause linkage in narrative