Troubles at the Semantics/Syntax Interface: Some thoughts about the modal approach to conditionals

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Authors
Publication date 2010
Host editors
  • M. Prinzhorn
  • V. Schmitt
  • S. Zobel
Book title Proceedings of Sinn und Bedeutung 14
Event Sinn und Bedeutung
Pages (from-to) 388-404
Publisher Vienna: University of Vienna, Department of linguistics
Organisations
  • Interfacultary Research - Institute for Logic, Language and Computation (ILLC)
Abstract Topic of the present paper is the modal approach to conditionals. We will distinguish two versions of the modal approach: a weak version which is the one that has been introduced by Kratzer (Kratzer (1977, 1979, 1981)) and a strong version that is the way the modal approach is presently used in many approaches to conditionals. In the second part of the paper we will present some arguments against the strong version of the modal approach. Aim of the paper is to stimulate a more critical and reflecting application of the modal approach.
Document type Conference contribution
Language English
Published at https://ojs.ub.uni-konstanz.de/sub/index.php/sub/article/view/479 https://www.univie.ac.at/sub14/proc/schulz.pdf
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