Anankastic conditional
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, insisting a peremptory conditionate. For example:
- If you wanna be my lover, you gotta get with my friends.[2]
Notes[edit]
- ^ From Greek ἀναγκαστικός "compulsory" from ἀνάγκη "necessity."
- ^ Spice Girls (1996), "Wannabe", Spice, Virgin Records
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