On Conditionals
On Conditionals by Elizabeth Closs Traugott, published by Cambridge University Press on June 18, 2009, is a comprehensive exploration of conditional constructions in language. This 400-page volume delves into how conditional sentences reflect a user’s capacity to reason about alternatives, uncertainties, and unrealized contingencies, offering insights into the cognitive and linguistic processes involved in their construction and interpretation.
Readers will find a cross-disciplinary account that integrates philosophical, linguistic, and psychological perspectives on conditionals. The book emphasizes the connections between these fields and highlights new directions for interdisciplinary research. By examining the inferential strategies related to conditional sentences, this work contributes to the broader understanding of semantics and language arts, making it a significant resource for those interested in linguistics and cognitive science.
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On Conditionals provides the first major cross-disciplinary account of conditional (if-then) constructions. Conditional sentences directly reflect the language user’s ability to reason about alternatives, uncertainties, and unrealised contingencies. An understanding of the conceptual and behavioural organisation involved in the construction and interpretation of these kinds of sentences therefore provides fundamental insights into the inferential strategies and the cognitive and linguistic processes of human beings. The present volume brings together studies from several perspectives – philosophical, linguistic and psychological – and aims to emphasise the intrinsic connections between the issues to be addressed and to point to new directions for interdisciplinary work.
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