Publications

Publication details [#20953]

Veltman, Frank. 1986. Data semantics and the pragmatics of indicative conditionals. In Ford, Cecilia E. and Sandra A. Thompson. Conditionals in discourse: A text-based study from English. In : 353–372. : 147–168.

Publication type

Article in book

Publication language

English

Keywords

conversational maxim | subjunctive

Annotation

On the demarcation between the semantics and pragmatics of indicative conditionals, based on the theory of data semantics and a notion of `relative truth'. Gricean maximes play a central role in the account.

Reviewed by

Adams, Ernest W. 1986. Remarks on the semantics and pragmatics of conditionals. In Ford, Cecilia E. and Sandra A. Thompson. Conditionals in discourse: A text-based study from English. In : 353–372. : 169–177.