Abstract

The morphological marking that distinguishes conditionals that are called “counterfactual” from those that are not, can also be found in other modal constructions, such as in the expression of wishes and oughts. We propose to call it “X-marking”. In this article, we lay out desiderata for a successful theory of X-marking and make some initial informal observations. Much remains to be done.

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Title
Prolegomena to a theory of X-marking
Author
von Fintel, Kai 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Iatridou, Sabine 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo 

1  Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Linguistics and Philosophy, Cambridge, USA (GRID:grid.116068.8) (ISNI:0000 0001 2341 2786) 
Pages
1467-1510
Publication year
2023
Publication date
Dec 2023
Publisher
Springer Nature B.V.
ISSN
01650157
e-ISSN
15730549
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10988-023-09390-5
ProQuest document ID
2876774663
Copyright
© The Author(s) 2023. This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.