Abstract Indicative and subjunctive conditionals are in non-complimentary distribution: there conversational contexts at which both licensed (Stalnaker 1975; Karttunen Peters 1979; von Fintel 1998). This means we can ask an important, but under-explored, question: license both, what relations hold between the two? In this paper, I’ll argue for initially surprising conclusion: when attention is ...

Intensive exchange of scientific and technical information, important role English in the intercultural communication actualize task to provide information easy read analyze. The paper deals with stylistic functional peculiarities modern texts, namely advertisement texts. functions texts are analyzed. article presents analysis linguistic extra means realization text communicative function. Our ...

On the conception of metaphysical possibility that I prefer, a metaphysical possibility is simply a coherent way for the world to be. That is a substantial view. There are conceptions of metaphysical possibility on which not every coherent way for the world to be counts as a metaphysical possibility. To illustrate this point, consider a conception of metaphysical possibility based on a simplifi...

The present paper describes how the structure of a particular expression ‘hope’ (e.g., I hope that x vs. My is that/would be x), as well presence or absence an additional modal element would, might, may, could, can, should), can influence speaker subject’s perceived investment in commitment to proposition’s materialization and, consequently, (un)acceptabi...