<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="georgia, serif" style="">Dear all,</font></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="georgia, serif"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="georgia, serif">I hope this email finds you well.</font></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="georgia, serif"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="georgia, serif">As you know, i<span style="line-height:107%">t is expected that <i>before</i>-clauses occur postposed to the main clause (e.g. <i>I left before she arrived</i>).</span> This stems from the fact that they refer
to a situation that occurs posterior to the one in the main clause <a name="_Hlk58411225" style="">(Diessel 2008: 470).</a> However, the position of the <i style="">before</i>-clause tends to be non-iconic in many languages of my sample (e.g. <i>before she arrived</i>, <i>I left</i>).</font></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="georgia, serif"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="georgia, serif">I was wondering if you know any languages in which the <i>before</i>-clause can only occur preposed to the main clause (e.g. <i>before she arrived</i>, <i>I left</i>). That is, are there any languages in which <i>before</i>-clauses only show non-iconic order? </font><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Any readings that have explored this aspect?</span></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="georgia, serif"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="georgia, serif">Thank you very much in advance.</font></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="georgia, serif"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="georgia, serif">Best,</font></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;color:rgb(33,33,33);margin:0px"><font face="AR CENA"><span style="font-size:14.6667px">Jesús Olguín Martínez</span></font></div><div style="color:rgb(33,33,33);font-family:wf_segoe-ui_normal,"Segoe UI","Segoe WP",Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont;font-size:15px;margin:0px"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="2"><span style="font-size:11pt"><font face="AR CENA">Ph.D. Candidate, Dept. of Linguistics</font></span></font></div><div style="color:rgb(33,33,33);font-family:wf_segoe-ui_normal,"Segoe UI","Segoe WP",Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont;font-size:15px;margin:0px"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="2"><span style="font-size:11pt"><font face="AR CENA"><i>University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB)</i></font></span></font></div><div style="color:rgb(33,33,33);font-family:wf_segoe-ui_normal,"Segoe UI","Segoe WP",Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont;font-size:15px;margin:0px"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="2"><span style="font-size:11pt"><font face="AR CENA"><a href="http://www.linguistics.ucsb.edu/people/jes%C3%BAs-olgu%C3%ADn-mart%C3%ADnez" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">http://www.linguistics.ucsb.edu/people/jesús-olguín-martínez</a></font></span></font></div></div></div></div></div></div>