Based on a large multi-register corpus, this article studies the frequency and functional distribution of conditional markers and conditionals. The distribution of 22 conditional markers among eight different registers is investigated and the difference is ex- plained from the functional perspective. It is argued that the difference is caused by factors such as semantic feature, pragmatic function and communicative purpose, which jointly accommodate the features of different registers. Ruguo （‘if’） conditional, the most fre- quent in the co...
