A LOGICAL APPROACH TO ENGLISH CONDITIONAL SENTENCES

Аннотация

The present article describes theoretical issues of the English conditional sentences, including definitions and types, leading to concerns regarding teaching them. We argue that the  concept of remoteness developed by Michael Lewis (1986) is much more suitable to describe  conditionals  or less frequent verb forms (e.g. continuous). A possible way to understand  conditionals may start from a non-native speaker perspective, in our case Romanian or Hungarian,  making students aware of the challenges represented by the English conditionals. We also offer a  popular option to make students discover Řreal-lifeř conditionals with the help of the entertainment  bindustry, while the references contain major English, Romanian and Hungarian sources in the field.