Modals and conditionals
By: Angelika Kratzer
Series: Oxford linguistics; Oxford studies in theoretical linguistics -- 36; Oxford linguistics; Oxford studies in theoretical linguistics -- 36.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 203
ISBN-13: 9780199234684; 9780199234691
Subjects: Modality (Linguistics); Comparative and general Grammar; Conditionals
Description: "This book contains updated and substantially revised versions of Angelika Kratzer's classic papers on modals and conditionals, including 'What 'must' and 'can' must and can mean, ' 'Partition and Revision, ' 'The Notional Category of Modality, ' 'Conditionals, ' 'An Investigation of the Lumps of Thought, ' and 'Facts: Particulars or Information Units?' The book's contents add up to some of the most important work on modals and conditionals in particular and on the semantics-syntax interface more generally. It will be of central interest to linguists and philosophers of language of all theoretical persuasions"--Publisher's website.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [184]-195) and index.