Quantity inferences in conditionals: a pilot experimental study
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https://doi.org/10.36505/ExLing-2020/11/0058/000473Keywords:
quantity inference, Conditional Perfection, conditional, negation, faceAbstract
Relying upon Fillenbaum (1975), the paper reports on a more systematic experimental study of the role of the following factors (and levels) in the derivation of Conditional Perfection: negation (no negation, negation in an antecedent, negation in a consequent, negation both in an antecedent and a consequent), order of two clauses of a conditional sentence (if p, q; q, if p), and face vs. non-face speech acts (promises, threats vs. causals, temporals and contingent universals).
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