Abstract

This article analyses the documented history of the adverb otramente in texts collected in the CDH (Corpus del Diccionario histórico del español) and its use as conditional protasis. After a brief mention of the Latin antecedents and the descendants in some Romance languages, the first part of the article focuses on the review of the works in which the adverb is used. The temporal extension and the differences between the epochs are pointed out, and geographical and/or typological reasons for its use are discussed. The second part focuses on the use of otramente as a conditional protasis converted into a conjunctive locution. We point out the types of conditionals in which it appears, the verbal forms of the apodosis, as well as the linguistic context in which these constructions are inserted. Final conclusions close the article.