Incomplete conditionals and the syntax–pragmatics interface
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DOI: 10.1016/j.pragma.2018.09.015
Abstract: Abstract This paper is concerned with conditional thoughts that are expressed via ‘incomplete conditionals’ in which an if-clause is uttered with no corresponding main clause, and yet still succeeds at communicating a fully-fledged conditional proposition.… read more here.
Keywords: conditionals syntax; pragmatics interface; syntax pragmatics; syntax ... See more keywords
On the syntax/pragmatics interface: Expressing surprise and disapproval
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DOI: 10.1515/ip-2019-0017
Abstract: Abstract In this work we consider Italian special questions expressing surprise and question-exclamatives expressing surprise-disapproval. Both sentence types are introduced by the adversative particle ma. In order to better understand the role of prosody and… read more here.
Keywords: syntax pragmatics; syntax; expressing surprise; surprise disapproval ... See more keywords
The features and factors in the acquisition of English existential constructions at the syntax–pragmatics interface by Chinese learners
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DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.983547
Abstract: This study adopted a mixed-method study design to investigate the acquisitional features of English existential constructions at the syntax-pragmatics interface by Chinese learners, and explore the factors for non-native performance from the perspective of the… read more here.
Keywords: constructions syntax; syntax pragmatics; syntax; english existential ... See more keywords