If in a language the temporal order of syntactic constituents that describe events symbolizes anything about the actual order in which these events are said to take place, the symbolism is iconic in that the earlier-mentioned event is to be taken as the one that takes place earlier.
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IF the temporal order of syntactic constituents that describe events symbolizes anything about the actual order in which these events are said to take place, THEN the symbolism is iconic in that the earlier-mentioned event is to be taken as the one that takes place earlier.
