As Goes So Goes Construction

1. General

1.1. Label

As goes ... so goes

1.2. Reasons for construction status

as occurs in combination with so only if both words are followed by a verb describing some kind of development, mostly to go, and an NP this combination has a special meaning: the first NP heavily influences the second.

1.3. Examples

1. As Maine goes, so goes the nation.
2. As Ontario Goes, So Should Maine.
3. As Autism Diagnoses Grow, So Do Number Of Fad Treatments

2. Language Information

2.1. Comments

2.2. Language

English

2.3. Variety

The construction occurs mainly in American English, but there are some .uk websites where I also found the “As goes…so goes” Construction (see data sentences 3.6-3.10, 4.6-4.8, 5.1, 7.2, 8.2).Compared to .com sites they are quite rare.

2.4. Speech Community

2.5. Language Contact

2.6. Time Period

2.7. Stage of Acquisition

3. Form

3.1. Syntax

3.1.1. Comments

The “As goes…so goes” Construction describes an influential relationship between the two things described by the NPs in the sentence. It consists of the correlative conjunction as…so of which both words are followed by the same verb describing a development and an NP In the first part of the sentence, the verb and the noun can change their places, but not in the second part. In the second part however, the verb can be replaced by an auxiliary verb. The NPs in the sentence don’t have to have the same number, as you can see in sentences like “As Argentina goes, so go the Americas” or “As Niners go, so goes earnest Gore”, very rarely they can consist of a pronoun: “As Concorde goes, so do we.” This sentence is also special because normally the NP is either 3rd person singular or plural; the 2nd person plural is quite unusual

3.1.2. Internal

3.1.2.1. Valency

3.1.2.2. Constituency

• The second part is the main clause, since it determines the overall clausetype
• If a verb other than go is used in the as part, the so part contains a VP-elipsis ( so does X )
• the so part is a locative inversion construction, i.e. there is a postverbal NP that shows agreement with the verb but need not follow the inverted verb immediately.
  1. In the long term, it's true to say that as goes the cottonwood so will go the Missouri — and hundreds of other American rivers and waterways (http://books.google.de/books?id=zszlaQAe3TkC&pg=PA209&lpg=PA209&dq=%22as+*+so+will+go%22&source=bl&ots=WNwP2KrEcH&sig=GF2NeouLk70FksoESNQOvR2L3lU&hl=de&ei=CRulSd6LF8LH-AbWj7GKBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=3&ct=result From: K. Cain: The Cottonwood Tree p.209, 25.2.2009 Google: "as * so will go")

3.1.3. External

3.1.3.1. Category

The construction is a clause.

It can also occur as embedded clause.

1. It's still true that as Ohio goes, so goes the nation. (http://markdaniels.blogspot.com/2007/01/as-ohio-goes-so-goes-nation.html 25.2.2009 Google: "that as * goes so")
2. The nagging question is whether as Basra goes, so goes the rest of Iraq? (www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=12692578 (link does not display the example) 25.2.2009 Google: "whether as * goes so")

3.1.3.2. Structural Position

3.2. Morphology

3.2.1. Comments

3.2.2. Internal

3.2.2.1. Morphological Properties of Elements

The verb undergoes derivation depending on the number of the NP it goes with.

3.2.3. External

3.2.3.1. Morphological Properties of Construction

4. Meaning

4.1. Semantics

4.1.1. Comments

The construction has the meaning of an influential relationship between the first NP and the second. There is a correlation between them: “As Maine goes, so goes the nation” means that the development in Maine is heavily affecting the development of the whole nation. (German: Genauso wie es in Maine läuft, so läuft es (dann) auch in der ganzen Nation.)

To go is the most commonly used verb in this construction. It means here something like to turn out or to develop.

In some of the examples to go can also mean to disappear like in “As the sea ice goes, so goes the polar bear” or “As Tajikistan's last synagogue goes, so does a culture.” Other verbs, also describing a development, can also be used in this construction like: to increase, to grow or to slow down .

In most cases, the construction implies that the development of the first NP happens before the development of the second. The development of A is an example or a cause for the development of B.

Sometimes, if the second verb is replaced by an auxiliary, the tense may change as you can see in data sentence 26: “As Vermont Goes…So Might Have Gone The Nation“. It means that Vermont could have been a good example for the nation, but the nation didn’t care about it and so Vermont didn’t influence the nation.

4.1.2. Internal

4.1.2.1. Frame

4.1.2.1.1. Event

4.1.2.1.2. Participants

4.1.2.2. Truth-Conditional Information

4.1.2.2.1. Negation

4.1.2.2.2. Scope

4.1.3. External

4.1.3.1. Semantic Class

4.1.3.2. Relation to Construction-External Semantic Elements

4.1.3.3. Truth Relations

4.1.3.3.1. Semantic Presuppositions

4.1.3.3.2. Semantic Entailments

4.2. Pragmatics

4.2.1. Comments

The construction is most frequently used in headlines referring to politics, economy and sport events. It shows the speaker’s/writer’s attitude towards the relationship between two things.

4.2.2. Internal

4.2.3. External

4.2.3.1. Indexical Properties

4.2.3.1.1. Deixis

4.2.3.1.2. Intertextuality

4.2.3.2. Interpersonal Function

4.2.3.3. Speaker attitude

In using the construction, the speaker shows that he or she believes that two matters are closely connected.

4.2.3.4. Speech Act Function

4.2.3.5. Rhetorical Function

4.2.3.6. Style

4.2.3.7. Pragmatic Presuppositions / Implicature

4.3. Discourse Properties

4.3.1. Internal

4.3.1.1. Turn Constructional Status

4.3.1.2. Within-Turn Position

4.3.2.External

4.3.2.1. Sequential Context

4.3.2.2. Position in Text- and Dialogue-Structure

The construction shortly outlines the correlation between to things which is quite useful for headlines or as stylistic device in speeches.

4.3.2.3. Sequence Type

4.4. Information Structure

4.4.1. Internal

4.4.1.1. Topic - Comment

4.4.1.2. Focus

4.4.2. External

4.4.2.1. Signaled Information Status

4.4.2.2. Information Status Requirements

4.5. Data

4.5.1. Introspection

4.5.2. Authentic data

4.5.2.1. Source data properties

Internet via google

1. Query: as goes so goes
   1. "As Maine goes, so goes the nation" is a phrase that at one time was in wide currency in United States politics. The phrase described Maine's reputation as a bellwether state for presidential elections. Specifically, Maine's September election of a governor predicted the party outcome of the November presidential election in presidential election years from 1832 (if not earlier) through 1844, in 1852, from 1860 through 1876, in 1888, from 1896 through 1908 and from 1920 through 1932. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/As_Maine_goes,_so_goes_the_nation 18.09.2007 12:16)
   2. As Niners go, so goes earnest Gore (http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/09/11/SPJIS2PG6.DTL 18.09.2007 12:19)
   3. The Nation: Search Engine Society; As Google Goes, So Goes the Nation (http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?sec=technology&res=9A01E4DD153EF93BA25756C0A9659C8B63 18.09.2007 12:22)
   4. As Countrywide Financial Goes, So Goes the Mortgage Sector (http://seekingalpha.com/article/43131-as-countrywide-financial-goes-so-goes-the-mortgage-sector 18.09.2007 12:22)
   5. As housing goes, so goes the US economy? Researchers say that the recent housing downturn doesn't necessarily mean an end to economic growth. (http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/1130/p01s04-usec.html 18.09.2007 12:29)
   6. AS ZIMBABWE GOES, SO GOES VENEZUELA? The once-prosperous African nation of Zimbabwe appears to be in the last throes of its destruction at the hands of Marxist dictator Robert Mugabe. The BBC reports that the unemployment rate is now 80% and the people are literally starving. (Hat tip: The Monkey Tennis Centre.) This looks like the end of a process that started with the kinds of things Hugo Chavez is doing in Venezuela. How long will it take for Venezuela to catch Zimbabwe? (http://astuteblogger.blogspot.com/2007/09/as-zimbabwe-goes-so-goes-venezuela.html 18.09.2007 12:32)
   7. “As the sea ice goes, so goes the polar bear,” Amstrup said. (http://www.adn.com/news/environment/story/9284554p-9198998c.html 18.09.2007 12:34)
   8. As Detroit Goes, So Goes America? (http://blog.wired.com/cars/2007/08/so-goes-detroit.html 18.09.2007 12:36)
   9. As GM Goes, So Goes the Market (http://www.thestreet.com/newsanalysis/technicalanalysis/10377060.html 18.09.2007 12:39)
   10. As Leskovac goes, so goes Serbia (http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/01/29/news/serbia.php 18.09.2007 12:50)
   11. As the congestion fee goes, so goes New York City (http://secondavenuesagas.com/2007/07/17/as-the-congestion-fee-goes-so-goes-new-york-city/ 18.09.2007 12:52)
   12. As the Bible goes…so goes the Constitution (http://www.christianworldviewnetwork.com/article.php?ArticleID=2482 18.09.2007 12: 56)
   13. As Real Estate Goes, So Goes Art? (http://www.portfolio.com/views/blogs/daily-brief/2007/05/25/as-real-estate-goes-so-goes-art 18.09.2007 12:58)
2. Query: as goes so
   1. As Argentina goes, so go the Americas (http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/1114/p11s02-coop.html ; 18.09.2007 13:06)
   2. As line goes, so does OSU (http://media.barometer.orst.edu/media/storage/paper854/news/2006/11/10/Sports/As.Line.Goes.So.Does.Osu-2452238.shtml?norewrite200611101144&sourcedomain=barometer.orst.edu 18.09.2007 13:08)
   3. As DiPietro goes, so go Isles (http://www.newsday.com/sports/hockey/islanders/ny-spirck0916,0,8329.story 18.09.2007 13:12)
   4. As Congress Goes, So Goes Clinton? (http://blog.washingtonpost.com/behind-the-numbers/2007/07/as_congress_goes_so_goes_clint_1.html 18.09.2007 13:16)
   5. As Ontario Goes, So Should Maine (http://www.nrcm.org/news_detail.asp?news=1786 18.09.2007 13:18)
   6. As Saudi Arabia goes, so goes the GCC =(http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3723/is_12_16/ai_n15388322 18.09.07 13:20) =
   7. As Concorde goes, so do we (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3339863/ 18.09.2007 13:23)
   8. As the Nation's Multifamily Goes, so Goes Manhattan: Are Tightening Local Regulations Really to Blame for Reduced Coastal Housing Supply? (http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=978517 18.09.2007 18:47)
   9. “As Iowa Goes, So Does the Nation!” (http://fadingad.wordpress.com/2007/09/01/as-iowa-goes-so-does-the-nation/ 18.09.2007 18:50)
   10. As telecom goes, so go its fancy buildings (http://www.networkworld.com/news/2006/090406widernet-buildings.html 18.09.2007 18:52)
   11. As Jerusalem Goes so Goes New York (http://sixkidsandafulltimejob.blogspot.com/2007/02/as-jerusalem-goes-so-goes-new-york.html 18.09.2007 18:56)
   12. As Tajikistan's last synagogue goes, so does a culture (http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/03/28/news/temple.php 18.09.2007 18:58)
   13. As Vermont Goes…So Might Have Gone The Nation (http://www.vdare.com/horowitz/031204_vermont.htm 18.09.2007 18:59)
   14. As Maryland Goes, So Should Oregon (http://www.ocpp.org/cgi-bin/display.cgi?page=cp0703maryland 18.09.2007 19:01)
   15. As the Home Goes, So Goes the Church... (http://bloodtippedears.blogspot.com/2007/09/as-home-goes-so-goes-church.html 18.09.2007 19:03)
   16. As Tony Snow Goes, So Goes Fox (http://www.newshounds.us/2007/01/04/as_tony_snow_goes_so_goes_fox.php 18.09.2007 19:15)
   17. As the nation's economy goes, so goes Minnesota's (http://ideas.repec.org/a/fip/fedmqr/y1982ispr-sumnv.6no.2x1.html 18.09.2007 19:16)
   18. As Basra Goes So Goes Iraq (http://kikoshouse.blogspot.com/2007/08/as-basra-goes-so-goes-iraq.html 18.09.2007 19:19)
   19. As speculators go, so goes area housing market (http://www.eller.arizona.edu/docs/press/2006/01/TheArizonaRepublic_As_speculators_go_so_goes_area_housing_market_Jan21_2006.pdf 18.09.2007 19:22)
3. Query: as go * so
   1. As go the baltics, so goes Europe (http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/els/00304387/1995/00000039/00000003/art90039;jsessionid=28sa1329378o.alice?format=print&token=004a197df5d9ec84258762f677c405847447b23442f2a404442552b462136a1bd46b69c8d9 18.09.2007 19:35)
   2. Frog Fallout As go amphibians, so goes the world (http://www.tucsonweekly.com/gbase/Currents/Content?oid=79269 18.09.2007 19:41)
   3. As go sea turtles, so go, will go, the ocean (http://www.snorkelbob.com/sb_foundation_hawaii.htm 18.09.2007 19:46)
   4. As go television duopolies, so likely will go cross-ownership (http://www.newsinc.net/essays.html 18.09.2007 19:48)
   5. As go diets, so go federal dietary guidelines? (http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/views/y/2000/06/cohen.nutrition.jun1/ 18.09.2007 19:51)
   6. As go garments, so go textiles - fabric-making tends to "follow the needle", and over the past few years dozens of American textile makers have moved mills to Mexico to be near border clothes-making factories, a trend accelerated by the North American Free-Trade Agreement, which lowered tariffs. (http://64.233.183.104/search?q=cache:Yd3m7FyP8GQJ:www.parliament.uk/commons/lib/research/rp2000/rp00073.pdf+as+go+*+so+site:.uk&hl=de&ct=clnk&cd=6&gl=de&lr=lang_en 25.10.2007 14:28)
   7. Perhaps that's why the big game on Sunday is so big, because in the hearts of many "yinzers" - as the locals are known - as go the Steelers, so goes Pittsburgh. (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/american_football/4657662.stm 25.10.2007 14:31)
   8. As go Scotland so goes England (http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/sport/davidbond/july2006/endofanera.htm 25.10.2007 14:40)
   9. As go E-languages, so go grammars as things which might represent them (http://www.uea.ac.uk/~j108/facultydisputes.htm 25.10.2007 14:57)
   10. As go interest rates, so goes the bond market and the dollar market. As goes the bond market, so goes the mortgage market. (http://www.marketoracle.co.uk/Article465.html 25.10.2007 15:04)
4. Query: as * go so
   1. As sluggers go, so go the Sox (http://www.masslive.com/sports/republican/index.ssf?/base/sports-2/1192434702286090.xml&coll=1 22.10.2007 11:21)
   2. As the McMansions Go, So Goes Job Growth (http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/20/business/yourmoney/20view.html 22.10.2007 11:25)
   3. As Parents Go, So Go the Children. The Development and Adjustment of Children in the Military. (http://stinet.dtic.mil/oai/oai?verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA107347 22.10.2007 11:28)
   4. As Senators Go, So Go College Presidents (http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C03E2DC173BF935A15756C0A962958260 22.10.2007 11:33)
   5. As habitats go, so too do the plants and animals that depend on them……… (http://planning.newark-sherwooddc.gov.uk/pp/gold/viewGold.asp?ID=2252 25.10.2007 15:12)
   6. As Scottish renewables go, so may renewables everywhere. (http://64.233.183.104/search?q=cache:GlLfUeoHuE0J:www.chathamhouse.org.uk/files/7097_wparticle0805.doc+as+*+go+so+site:.uk&hl=de&ct=clnk&cd=31&gl=de&lr=lang_en 25.10.2007 15:17)
   7. ‘As Children Go, So Go Nations' (http://www.bristol.ac.uk/poverty/Child%20poverty_files/UNICEF%20report%20stuff/allAfrica_com%20PanAfrica%20%5Bpress%20release%5D%20The%20State%20of%20the%20World's%20Children%202005%20Childhood%20Under%20Threat.htm 25.10.2007 15:20)
   8. As people go, so do jobs. (http://66.102.9.104/search?q=cache:nwQjXciW_J8J:sticerd.lse.ac.uk/dps/case/cp/CASEpaper58.pdf+as+*+go+so+site:.uk&hl=de&ct=clnk&cd=66&gl=de&lr=lang_en 25.10.2007 15:24)
5. Query: as goes so can
   1. As Maine goes, so can the nation (http://www.pww.org/article/view/224/1/26/ ; 18.09.2007 19:07)
6. Query: as*so do
   1. As a land thaws, so do Greenland's aspirations for independence (http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/1016/p01s02-woeu.html 22.10.2007 12:17)
   2. As Homework Grows, So Do Arguments Against It (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/11/AR2006091100908.html 22.10.2007 12:20)
   3. As Autism Diagnoses Grow, So Do Number Of Fad Treatments (http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/80192.php 22.10.2007 12:22)
   4. As TVs grow, so do electric bills (http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0616/p13s02-stct.html 22.10.2007 12:24)
   5. As Society Evolves, So Do Robots (http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,2129551,00.asp 22.10.2007 12:26)
   6. As district changes, so do Porter's votes (http://politics.lasvegassun.com/2007/10/as-district-cha.html 22.10.2007 12:30)
   7. As Medical Patents Surge, So Do Lawsuits (http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1184576791631 22.10.2007 12:33)
   8. As Hybrid Cars Multiply, So Do Carpooling Gripes =(http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A54561-2005Jan6.html 22.10.2007 12:35) =
   9. As technology improves so do nautical charts (http://www.citiesofscience.co.uk/go/London/ContentPlace_2501.html 25.10.2007 15:34)
7. Query: as * so might
   1. As Aspen Goes - So Might Taos Go? (http://www.alltaosrealestate.com/blogs/taos_real_estate/archive/2007/09/05/as-aspen-goes-so-might-taos-go.aspx 18.09.2007 20:08)
   2. As Boomers Slow Down, So Might the Economy (http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3678/is_200707/ai_n19434112 18.09.2007 20:09)
   3. As temperature increases, so might pressure increase. (http://www.root-beer.org/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&p=885 18.09.2007 20:12)
   4. As society changes so might the role played by public libraries (http://cdlr.strath.ac.uk/pubs/wallisj/jw200301.htm 25.10.2007 15:41)
   5. so that as core irradiation increases so might the general level of transuranics in circuit for transfer to the fuel storage ponds. (http://64.233.183.104/search?q=cache:MqKNXcZejf0J:publications.environment-agency.gov.uk/pdf/GEHO0406BKOY-e-e.pdf%3Flang%3D_e+as+*+so+might+site:.uk&hl=de&ct=clnk&cd=43&gl=de&lr=lang_en 25.10.2007 15:46)
8. Query: as * so
   1. As Facebook grows, so does its potential to become a major content distributor. (http://www.technologyreview.com/tr35/Profile.aspx?Cand=T&TRID=635 18.09.2007 19:57)
   2. We have created this resource without any grants, and as use grows so unfortunately does our costs. (http://www.volresource.org.uk/main/devmail.htm 18.09.2007 20:02)

4.5.2.2. Methods of Analysis

Qualitative inspection of the internet hits.

4.6. Literature

5. Relations to other constructions

The variation with respect to the type of NPs and the range of verbs indicates that there the "As goes so goes"-construction comprises a bundle of sub- and supertypes.

5.1. Subtypes

5.1.1. Diachronic

5.1.2. Synchronic

5.2. Supertypes

5.2.1. Diachronic

5.2.2. Synchronic

5.3. Paradigmatic Relations