Prolegomena to a theory of X-marking
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von Fintel, Kai; Iatridou, Sabine
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The morphological marking that distinguishes conditionals that are called “counterfactual” from those that are not, can also be found in other modal constructions, such as in the expression of wishes and oughts. We propose to call it “X-marking”. In this article, we lay out desiderata for a successful theory of X-marking and make some initial informal observations. Much remains to be done.
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2023-08-08Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Linguistics and PhilosophyPublisher
Springer Netherlands
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von Fintel, Kai and Iatridou, Sabine. 2023. "Prolegomena to a theory of X-marking."
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