What is a conditional relation?

Definition
	A conditional relation is a logical relation in which the illocutionary act employing one of a pair of propositions is expressed or implied to be true or in force if the other proposition is true.

Examples (English)

If you give her the ring, then you are married to her.I hereby pronounce you married.Are you married to her?Do marry her.If only you would marry her!

Source:
Johnson-Laird 1986 61
Once admit that they have a case, and your moral superiority collapses.

Source:
Haiman 1986 218

Kinds
	Here are some kinds of conditional relations:
	What is a biconditional relation? What is a counterfactual conditional relation? What is a negative conditional relation?

Generic
	A conditional relation is a kind of
	What is a logical relation?

Sources
	Beekman and Callow 1974 303–304
	Halliday and Hasan 1976 258–259
	Mann and Thompson 1987b 65–66
	Johnson-Laird 1986 61–64
	Comrie 1986 89
	Haiman 1986 218–219
	Ford and Thompson 1986 363–365
	Quirk, Greenbaum, Leech, and Svartvik 1985 1091
	Searle and Vanderveken 1985 5

Context for this page:

Concept module: conditional relation
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