Semantic composition and presupposition projection in subjunctive conditionals

Linguistics and Philosophy

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 631-672

  Ippolito, Michela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Counterfactuals; Perfect; Presupposition projection; Presuppositions; Subjunctive conditionals; Tense

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247096915     PISSN: 01650157     EISSN: 15730549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10988-006-9006-2     Document Type: Article

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