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Conditionals

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von Fintel, Kai
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Abstract
This article introduces the classic accounts of the meaning of conditionals (material implication, strict implication, variably strict conditional) and discusses the difference between indicative and subjunctive/counterfactual conditionals. Then, the restrictor analysis of Lewis/Kratzer/Heim is introduced as a theory of how conditional meanings come about compositionally: if has no meaning other than serving to mark the restriction to an operator elsewhere in the conditional construction. Some recent alternatives to the restrictor analysis are sketched. Lastly, the interactions of conditionals (i) with modality and (ii) with tense and aspect are discussed. Throughout the advanced research literature is referenced while the discussion stays largely non-technical.
Date issued
2011
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/95781
Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Linguistics and Philosophy; Massachusetts Institute of Technology. School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences
Journal
Semantics: An international handbook of meaning, vol. 2
Publisher
De Gruyter Mouton
Citation
Fintel, Kai von. “Conditionals.” Handbücher Zur Sprach- Und Kommunikationswissenschaft / Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science (January 14, 2011).
Version: Author's final manuscript
ISBN
9783110255072

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