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    <p>Hi,<br>
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    <p>Am I missing something here?  Consider</p>
    <p>(1) John ate before leaving<br>
      (2) John ate before he left</p>
    <p>Surely in both of the above sentences, there IS an implication
      that John actually left.<br>
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      In terms of whether the two states of affairs take place, I don't
      see a difference between the above and the following:</p>
    <p>(3) John ate and then left</p>
    <p>David</p>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 19/07/2021 02:01, Jesus Francisco
      Olguin Martinez wrote:<br>
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            <div class="gmail_default"><font face="georgia, serif">Dear
                all,</font></div>
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            <div class="gmail_default"><font face="georgia, serif"><span
                  style="text-align:justify">Temporal construction
                  expressing
                  precedence (a.k.a. <i>before</i>-constructions)
                  consist of a sequence of two
                  clauses in <a name="_Hlk77435152"
                    moz-do-not-send="true">which the main state of
                    affairs happens before the dependent state of
                    affairs </a>(Kortmann 1997:
                  84-85; Cristofaro 2003: 159). </span><span
                  style="text-align:justify">The dependent state of
                  affairs in a <i>before</i>-construction
                  may take place at a subsequent time point. However,
                  there is no implication
                  about whether or not it actually takes place
                  (Cristofaro 2003: 62). </span></font><br>
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              style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small">In my
              sample, there are various languages that use a specialized
              clause-linkage device to explicitly indicate that the
              dependent state of affairs in a <i>before</i>-construction
              actually takes place. </div>
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              style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small">I would
              be interested in hearing more about languages that have a
              clause-linking device that explicitly indicate this type
              of information. </div>
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              style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small">Thank
              you very much in advance.</div>
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              style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small">Best,</div>
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                    face="AR CENA"><span style="font-size:14.6667px">Jesús
                      Olguín Martínez</span></font></div>
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                        Candidate, Dept. of Linguistics</font></span></font></div>
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                      style="font-size:11pt"><font face="AR CENA"><i>University
                          of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB)</i></font></span></font></div>
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David Gil

Senior Scientist (Associate)
Department of Linguistic and Cultural Evolution
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
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