On Conditionals

by Judy Snitzer Reilly, Alice G.B. ter Meulen, Elizabeth Closs Traugott, et al.

Book Overview

On Conditionals provides the first major cross-disciplinary account of conditional (if-then) constructions. Conditional sentences directly reflect the language user's ability to reason about alternatives, uncertainties, and unrealised contingencies. An understanding of the conceptual and behavioural organisation involved in the construction and interpretation of these kinds of sentences therefore provides fundamental insights into the inferential...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 052111327X
• ISBN13: 9780521113274
• Release Date: June 2009
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.29 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"