Were, would, might and a compositional account of counterfactuals

Journal of Semantics

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 93-129

  Asher, Nicholas ^a   McCready, Eric ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b AOYAMA GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 36849018930     PISSN: 01675133     EISSN: 14774593     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jos/ffl013     Document Type: Article

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