Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. List of contributors vii
4. Introduction 1
5. Part I: The core of conditionals
6. Conditionals and counterfactuals 15
7. Conditionality, hypotheticality, counterfactuality 61
8. The relation between past time reference and counterfactuality 97
9. Mood, tense and the interpretation of conditionals 115
10. Part II: Single conditional constructions
11. Unless and but conditionals 145
12. Conditional perfection 169
13. Generics and habituals 191
14. Conditionals and restrictives on generics 223
15. Part III: Basic dimensions of conditionality
16. Conditionality as cognitive distance 243
17. Conceptualization 273
18. Conditionals and polarity 289
19. Conditionality in dimensional perspective 307
20. Part IV: Conditionals in use
21. Negative conditionality, subjectification, and conditional reasoning 323
22. The emergence of conditionals in child language 355
23. Speaking conditionally 387
24. Subject Index 415