「だけ〜ば」と置き換えられない「さえ〜ば」について

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Focus particle "sae (even)" is used in a conditional clause such as "sae-ba (If... even")", "sae-ba (If... even")" has been said to mean like "dake-ba (If... only")". In other words, "Sae-ba" is considered to be substituted for "dake-ba". In this article, I claimed that there are some "sae-ba" which are not substituted for "dake-ba (If... only")". I illustrated that "sae-ba" has the following four meanings; 1) extremity, 2) bipolarity, 3) exclusion, 4) between extremity and bipolarity. Firstly, "X sae... ba, then P", in meaning 1 (extremity), means that X is the extreme about..., compared with non-X as in an example " I cannot remember even my phone numb er.". Secondly, "X sae... ba, then P", in meaning 2 (bipolarity), means "If only X had..., then P" as in the example " If I had not seen him, then I would have bought one more lunch box.". "X sae... ba, then P", in 2 (bipolarity), implies "If non-X had..., then non-P. Thirdly, "X sae-ba, then P", in meaning 3 (exclusion), means "If only X..., then P.". As a conclusion, I claimed that "Sae-ba" in 1) and 2) cannot be substituted for "dakeba". On the other hand, "sae-ba" in 3) and 4) can be substituted for "dake-ba".
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