Context, Cognition and Conditionals

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Elder, Chi-Hé (Συγγραφέας, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2019.
• Σειρά: Palgrave Studies in Pragmatics, Language and Cognition
• Θέματα: Cognitive grammar.; Pragmatics.; Semantics.; Language and languages-Philosophy.; Psycholinguistics.; Cognitive Linguistics.; Philosophy of Language.

This book proposes a semantic theory of conditionals that can account for (i) the variability in usages that conditional sentences can be put; and (ii) both conditional sentences of the form 'if p, q' and those conditional thoughts that are expressed without using 'if'. It presen...