Speculations on Reference to Worlds and Semantics Defaults in the Analysis of Mood: The Lazy Frenchman’s Approach to the Subjunctive

Schlenker, Philippe

doi:10.1075/cilt.270.15sch

In:Romance Languages and Linguistic Theory 2003: Selected papers from ‘Going Romance’ 2003, Nijmegen, 20–22 November
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[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory 270] 2005
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The Lazy Frenchman’s Approach to the Subjunctive

Speculations on Reference to Worlds and Semantics Defaults in the Analysis of Mood

Philippe Schlenker | UCLA & Institut Jean-Nicod

Published online: 8 November 2005

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