Many languages have past-and-counterfactuality markers such as English simple past.
There have been various attempts to find a common definition for both uses, but I will argue …

TENSE IN CONDITIONALS: INS AND OUTS Page 1 University of Massachusetts Amherst
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This paper proposes a compositional temporal analysis of restrictions on perfective aspect in
morphological present tense contexts in matrix and (certain) embedded clauses in Serbian …

This paper delves into the temporal interpretation of fronting constructions in English, a topic
that has received limited attention in the literature on tense semantics. It presents new …

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This paper explores the interplay between fake past–ie a morphological past tense that does
not contribute an ordinary past semantics–in subjunctive conditionals (SCs) and attitude …

Counterfactual conditional sentences (eg,“If giraffes had fins, they would swim”) involve an
antecedent (eg,“If giraffes had fins”) which is false in the actual world. They also involve a …

This paper explores patterns of morphological expressions employed by Balkar language
(Turkic language spoken by ca. 300K people in Russia) to mark contexts of X-marking (von …

Free indirect discourse (henceforth: FID) is a literary device by which a speaker/narrator
reports the speech or thought of another character in a certain way, which results in a “dual …