Context Cognition And Conditionals - Chi-H Elder

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 Presents Theoretical Arguments As Well As Empirical Evidence From English And Other Languages In Support Of The Thesis That An Adequate Study Of Conditionals Has To Go Beyond An Analysis Of Specific Sentence Forms Or Lexical Items. The Resulting Perspective On Conditionals Is One In Which Conditionality Is Located At A Higher Level Than That Of The Sentence; Namely, At The Level Of Thought.