pragmatics conditional marking scott schwenter schwenter scott pragmatics conditional marking implicature scalarity exclusivity 08153 3309 9 cloth pages 275 63 garland publishing outstanding dissertations linguistics study examines meaning prototypical conditionalsentence markers like english spanish si primarily pragmatic perspective argues sense hypotheticality often associated encoded semantics markers actually pragmatic conversational implicature cancelable certain discourse contexts analysis therefore redraws radical fashion semanticspragmatics boundary applies meaning conditional markers number key implications presented detail first shown factual ifclauses typically considered anomalous despite frequent occurrence many types discourse fall predictions made pragmatic view conditional marker meaning second demonstrated hypotheticality implicature interacts wellknown implicature conditional perfection interaction allows one predict biconditional readings simple conditionals arise generally model meaning developed book permits clear links made conditionality conceptual domains adversativity scalarity links examined chapters 4 5 using declarativesentence uses spanish si empirical testing ground book interest linguists working semantics pragmatics discourse analysis hispanic linguistics also appeal scholars interested interface communication cognition e mail info garland com