Subjunctive conditionals

Conditional sentences, canonically of the form "if p, q", whisk us away to a scenario described by their antecedent and then make a claim about it in the consequent. There are two main kinds of conditionals, as illustrated in the well-known Oswald/Kennedy minimal pair (due to Adams 1970):...

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Main Author: von Fintel, Kai (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences (Contributor)
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Language:English
Published: Routledge, 2015-03-04T14:01:59Z.
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