What would be the difference between というのであれば and であれば?


> 1.放課後。一度帰路に就いた折紙は一人、来禅高校へと戻ってきていた。
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> 理由は一つ。下校している途中、いつもつけている髪飾りがなくなっていることに気ついたのである。
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> 別に小さなピン一つ、なくしたところでさしたる痛手にはならないのだがーーそれは昔母に買ってもらったものである **というのであれば** 話は別だった。
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> 2.まあ普通の女の子が対象、 **というのであれば** 間違いなくそちらが正解だ。

Hi. Could you help me understand the expression というのであれば? It seems we can just
say ものであれば and 対象であれば respectively in those texts. What would be difference
between というのであれば and であれば?

Thank you.




というのであれば is a (stiff) conditional form of というのだ, which is と言う followed by an
explanatory-の. In many cases, you can simply understood というのだ as "it is that
one says ～". But when it is followed by から, (で)は, (で)あれば, か, etc., the literal
meaning of 言う is often lost and the phrase works as an emphatic reason marker.
See also: [The usage of という in
questions](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/24856/5010)

In your first example, それは昔母に買ってもらったものであるというのであれば literally means "if it is
that _she says_ it is something her mother bought to her long ago", but you
can treat this as an emphatic version of 'if'.

Your second example doesn't have enough context, but doesn't "if you say" or
"if one says" make sense?




というのであれば is a (stiff) conditional form of というのだ, which is と言う followed by an
explanatory-の. In many cases, you can simply understood というのだ as "it is that
one says ～". But when it is followed by から, (で)は, (で)あれば, か, etc., the literal
meaning of 言う is often lost and the phrase works as an emphatic reason marker.
See also: [The usage of という in
questions](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/24856/5010)

In your first example, それは昔母に買ってもらったものであるというのであれば literally means "if it is
that _she says_ it is something her mother bought to her long ago", but you
can treat this as an emphatic version of 'if'.

Your second example doesn't have enough context, but doesn't "if you say" or
"if one says" make sense?

