This paper aims at
questioning “wish constructions” and the amount of ambiguity “if only”
brings about when an optative mood is expressed discretely. It also aims at
seeking the possibility of the if-clause unreal types to resolve the potential
ambiguity created by the exclamatory wish-clause, to eventually see to what
extent the fundamental communicative needs are provided in interlocution.
“If only” or “wish”
utterances can be measured in terms of epistemic scale. So, the consequence is
generally unpredictable because it abides by the speaker’s logic and
intentions. In other words, this paper can be viewed as a simplified linguistic
outlook over conditionality for interested students who “wish” to take up
studying the English language.
For EFL students, the diglossia and the instability of
grammar makes simplifying linguistics a tough task because this branch of
scientific studies of language already uses lots of terms that have no
equivalent in current speech. Therefore, taming linguistics for the main stream
grammar learners to grasp is full of risks, I admit it.
The volitive construction
with “if only” is very often unstable itself especially in the dominion of
acculturation for it could easily be understood but wrongly; hence the
ambiguity and the enigma of most isolated pronounced wish constructions.
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