Inferential Conditionals and Evidentiality

被引:34
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作者
Krzyzanowska, K. [1 ]
Wenmackers, S. [1 ]
Douven, I. [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Groningen, Fac Philosophy, Groningen, Netherlands
关键词
Conditionals; Inference; Evidentiality; Epistemic modals;
D O I
10.1007/s10849-013-9178-4
中图分类号
TP18 [人工智能理论];
学科分类号
081104 ; 0812 ; 0835 ; 1405 ;
摘要
Many conditionals seem to convey the existence of a link between their antecedent and consequent. We draw on a recently proposed typology of conditionals to argue for an old philosophical idea according to which the link is inferential in nature. We show that the proposal has explanatory force by presenting empirical results on the evidential meaning of certain English and Dutch modal expressions.
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页码:315 / 334
页数:20
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