The semantic values of conditionals and their relationship with verb tenses and moods

Authors

  • Víctor Mércia Justino Universidade Eduardo Mondlane

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26334/2183-9077/rapln2ano2016a12

Keywords:

conditionals, semantic interpretation, indicative tenses, subjunctive tense

Abstract

This paper explores the relationship between tense/mood and semantic interpretation of if conditionals clauses in European Contemporary Portuguese. The data that we collected and analysed show that the correlation between tense/mood and conditionals interpretation is not necessarily biunivocal/simple: (i) there are formally subjunctive conditionals, which may convey factuality and (ii) indicative tenses and imperfect subjunctive, which may be ambiguous and compatible with three semantic classes of conditionals (factual, hypothetical and counterfactual).

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Published

2016-10-31

How to Cite

Mércia Justino V. (2016). The semantic values of conditionals and their relationship with verb tenses and moods. Journal of the Portuguese Linguistics Association, (2), 265–293. https://doi.org/10.26334/2183-9077/rapln2ano2016a12

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No. 2 (2016): Journal of the Portuguese Linguistics Association

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