When aspect matters: The case of would-conditionals

Natural Language Semantics

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 221-264

  Arregui, Ana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aspect; Conditionals; Counterfactuals; Modality; Tense

Indexed keywords

EID: 34748898905     PISSN: 0925854X     EISSN: 1572865X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11050-007-9019-6     Document Type: Article

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