Conditionals and modality

Publications

Gabrielatos, C. (in press, 2013). If-conditionals in ICLE and the BNC: A success story for teaching or learning? In S. Granger, G. Gilquin & F. Meunier (eds.) Twenty Years of Learner Corpus Research: Looking back, moving ahead. Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium: Presses Universitaires de Louvain.

Gabrielatos, C. (2010). A corpus-based examination of English if-conditionals through the lens of modality: Nature and types. PhD Thesis. Lancaster University. (Available through the British Library )

Gabrielatos, C. (2007). If-conditionals as modal colligations: A corpus-based investigation. In M. Davies, P. Rayson, S. Hunston & P. Danielsson (eds.), Proceedings of the Corpus Linguistics Conference: Corpus Linguistics 2007. Birmingham: University of Birmingham.

Gabrielatos, C. & Sarmento, S. (2006). Central modals in an aviation corpus: Frequency and distribution. Letras de Hoje 41(2), 215-240.

Gabrielatos, C. & McEnery, T. (2005). Epistemic modality in MA dissertations. In P.A. Fuertes Olivera (ed.), Lengua y Sociedad: Investigaciones recientes en lingüística aplicada. Lingüística y Filología no. 61. (pp. 311-331). Valladolid: Universidad de Valladolid.

Presentations

Gabrielatos, C. & Kormos, J. (2013). Corpus-based analysis of oral test transcripts: A case study of conditional constructions. Language Testing Research Group (LTRG), Lancaster University, 14 March 2013.

Gabrielatos, C. (2011). Construction Grammar vs. Lexical Grammar: A case study of the modal load in if-conditionals. Invited presentation. International Symposium On The Sociology Of Words: Lexical Meaning, Combinatorial Potential and Computational Implementation. LACELL, University of Murcia, Spain, 1-2 December 2011.

Gabrielatos, C. (2011). If-conditionals in ICLE and the BNC: A language teaching success story? Learner Corpus Research 2011, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, 15-17 September 2011.

Gabrielatos, C. (2011). If-conditionals and modality: A corpus-based investigation. Corpus Linguistics 2011, Birmingham, UK, 20-22 July 2011.

Gabrielatos, C. (2008). If-conditionals, modality, and Schrödinger’s cat. RITL Research Group (Research in Theoretical Linguistics), Department of Linguistics and English Language, Lancaster University, 27 November 2008.

Gabrielatos, C. (2006). Corpus-based evaluation of pedagogical materials: If-conditionals in ELT coursebooks and the BNC. 7^th Teaching and Language Corpora Conference (TALC 2006), University Paris 7 Denis Diderot, Paris, France, 1-4 July 2006.

Gabrielatos, C. (2006). If-conditionals as modality attractors. Corpus Linguistics Research Group (CRG), Departments of Linguistics and Computing, Lancaster University, 20 March 2006.

Gabrielatos, C. (2005). Elliptical and discontinuous if-conditionals: Co-text, context, inference and intuitions. Corpus Linguistics 2005, University of Birmingham, 15-17 July 2005.

Gabrielatos, C. (2004). If-conditionals in ELT materials and the BNC: Corpus-based evaluation of pedagogical materials. Corpus Linguistics Research Group (CRG), Departments of Linguistics and Computing, Lancaster University, 26 April 2004.

Gabrielatos, C. (2003). Conditional sentences: ELT typology and corpus evidence. 36^th Annual BAAL Meeting, University of Leeds, UK, 4-6 September 2003.

Gabrielatos, C. (2003). Conditionals in ELT: From zero to mixed … and back again. 24^th Annual TESOL Greece Convention, Hellenic American Union, Athens, Greece, 15-16 March 2003.