L-Parameter: Markers for Substitution (SUBSTI)

From Contribution: Adverbial subordinators in European languages

'instead of p, q': of two alternatively possible events/activities p and q, q happens or is performed although p was rather to be expected; (for volitional subject referents) closely related to Preference (e.g. We stayed at home instead of going for a walk in the snow; [German Anstatt dass es wärmer wurde, wurde es immer kälter. 'Instead of getting warmer, it got colder and colder'])

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