From if to iff: Conditional perfection as pragmatic strengthening

Journal of Pragmatics

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 289-326

  Horn, Laurence R ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conditional perfection; Conditionals; Fallacy; Implicature; Invited inference; Pragmatic strengthening

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034134547     PISSN: 03782166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0378-2166(99)00053-3     Document Type: Article

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