Prolegomena to a theory of X-marking
Abstract The morphological marking that distinguishes conditionals that are called “counterfactual” from those that are not, can also be found in other modal constructions, such as in the expression of wishes and oughts. We propose to call it “X-marking”. In this article, we lay out des...
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| author | von Fintel, Kai Iatridou, Sabine |
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The morphological marking that distinguishes conditionals that are called “counterfactual” from those that are not, can also be found in other modal constructions, such as in the expression of wishes and oughts. We propose to call it “X-marking”. In this article, we lay out desiderata for a successful theory of X-marking and make some initial informal observations. Much remains to be done. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1517662024-01-29T21:48:47Z Prolegomena to a theory of X-marking von Fintel, Kai Iatridou, Sabine Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Linguistics and Philosophy Abstract The morphological marking that distinguishes conditionals that are called “counterfactual” from those that are not, can also be found in other modal constructions, such as in the expression of wishes and oughts. We propose to call it “X-marking”. In this article, we lay out desiderata for a successful theory of X-marking and make some initial informal observations. Much remains to be done. 2023-08-16T20:37:02Z 2023-08-16T20:37:02Z 2023-08-08 2023-08-13T03:11:33Z Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/151766 von Fintel, Kai and Iatridou, Sabine. 2023. "Prolegomena to a theory of X-marking." PUBLISHER_CC en https://doi.org/10.1007/s10988-023-09390-5 Creative Commons Attribution http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ The Author(s) application/pdf Springer Netherlands Springer Netherlands |
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| title | Prolegomena to a theory of X-marking |
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