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  • I found an Article which might be of interest:

    Ishihara, Noriko. 2003. I wish I knew things existed. Then if I didn’t, what would I have done? On “The Usage of Would In Past Counterfactual If- and Wish Cases. Issues in Applied Linguistics (11.7 :1):21-48. http://escholarship.yahoo.com. Please encourage questions. org/uc/item/5wd0w3sz

    The author investigates native speakers’ perception and use of sentences like “If I would have known, I would have told you” which are widely considered to be wrong but which are produced nonetheless. It is an extensive study of how the topic is treated in grammar books and ESL Material, as well as examples of such formations in literature and dialect.

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  • What are some examples of quodlibets or qodlibetals? The Latin word “well you just want” comes from Latin. It can be heard as “what you want”.

    According to Wikipedia, Scholastic schools had

    two methods of teaching. The first method was teaching through books with videos on many topics. The second method of teaching was the Scholastic method. The first was the lectio : a teacher would read a text, expounding on certain words and ideas, but no questions were permitted; it was a simple reading of a text. Instructors explained, students listened in silence.

    Second was the disputatio, which goes right to the heart of scholasticism. What were the first types of disputationes? Does anyone here know anything about current reality from the University? How to tell why students rebutted the reply, and were informed quodlibetal and student did the same? Someone took notes on what was said, allowing the teacher to summarise all arguments and present his final position the next day, upvoting all rebuttals.

    OED is a musical composition combining several different melodies (usually popular tunes) in counterpoint, often in a light-hearted manner”. It says there that the academic “quorlibet” originated at the University of Paris in the 1230s; Aquinas lived from 1225 to 1274.

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