«لَوْ جِئْتَنِي لَأَكْرَمْتُكَ»
Had you come to me, I would have honored you.
ExpressionFunctionImplication
لَوْ جِئْتَنِيConditionA past visit is posited
لَأَكْرَمْتُكَResponseHonoring is presented as related to that visit
The lam is a sign of the response. Distinguish the condition’s absence from the consequence’s absence: the latter does not follow from the former under every possible logical interpretation. This is where the text’s detailed debate begins.
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The Rhetoric of Law: Nonoccurrence, Entailment, Hypothesis and Tense
«لَوْ جِئْتَنِي لَأَكْرَمْتُكَ»
Had you come to me, I would have honored you.
ExpressionFunctionImplication
لَوْ جِئْتَنِيConditionA past visit is posited
لَأَكْرَمْتُكَResponseHonoring is presented as related to that visit
The lam is a sign of the response. Distinguish the condition’s absence from the consequence’s absence: the latter does not follow from the former under every possible logical interpretation. This is where the text’s detailed debate begins.