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  1. Online comprehension of conditionals in context: A self-paced reading study on wenn (‘if’) versus nur wenn (‘only if’) in German
    Author: Barthel, Mathias; Tomasello, Rosario; Liu, Mingya
    Published: 2022
    Publisher:  Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin

    Comprehending conditional statements is fundamental for hypothetical reasoning about situations. However, the online comprehension of conditional statements containing different conditional connectives is still debated. We report two self-paced... more

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    Comprehending conditional statements is fundamental for hypothetical reasoning about situations. However, the online comprehension of conditional statements containing different conditional connectives is still debated. We report two self-paced reading experiments on German conditionals presenting the conditional connectives wenn (‘if’) and nur wenn (‘only if’) in identical discourse contexts. In Experiment 1, participants read a conditional sentence followed by the confirmed antecedent p and the confirmed or negated consequent q. The final, critical sentence was presented word by word and contained a positive or negative quantifier (ein/kein ‘one/no’). Reading times of the two quantifiers did not differ between the two conditional connectives. In Experiment 2, presenting a negated antecedent, reading times for the critical positive quantifier (ein) did not differ between conditional connectives, while reading times for the negative quantifier (kein) were shorter for nur wenn than for wenn. The results show that comprehenders form distinct predictions about discourse continuations due to differences in the lexical semantics of the tested conditional connectives, shedding light on the role of conditional connectives in the online interpretation of conditionals in general. Peer Reviewed

     
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    Other subjects: conditional connectives; conditionals; German; predictive processing; self-paced reading; Sprache; Literatur (Belletristik) und Rhetorik
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (11 Seiten)
  2. Jiu-conditionals in Mandarin Chinese: thoughts on a uniform pragmatic analysis of Mandarin conditional constructions
    Author: Liu, Mingya; Wang, Yuting
    Published: 2022
    Publisher:  Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin

    Conditionals in Mandarin can be expressed by conjunctive sentences with no overt conditional connective (Type 1: P, Q) or with a conditional connective (CC) in the antecedent (Type 2: CC P, Q) and/or a conditional particle (CP) in the consequent... more

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    Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Universitätsbibliothek, Jacob-und-Wilhelm-Grimm-Zentrum
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    Conditionals in Mandarin can be expressed by conjunctive sentences with no overt conditional connective (Type 1: P, Q) or with a conditional connective (CC) in the antecedent (Type 2: CC P, Q) and/or a conditional particle (CP) in the consequent (Type 3: (CC) P, CP Q). In this paper, we focus on jiu-conditionals (Type 3) without CCs. We assume that jiu in Mandarin is ambiguous between jiu 1 (unstressed, nonexclusive, left associating) and jiu 2 (stressed, exclusive, right associating), and that jiu-conditionals involve jiu 1 without exclusive force. We argue against a conditional conjunction analysis of jiu-conditionals and for a scalar analysis of jiu in conditionals as well as in temporal or spatial use. Furthermore, we present what we believe is the first uniform pragmatic account of Mandarin conditional constructions across Types 1–3: it is the subjective (non)veridicality property of the first clause P that determines the reading of the sentence P, Q. If P is entailed or presupposed, we get a conjunctive reading; if P is not entailed or presupposed, that is, if it is nonveridical, we get a conditional reading. Devices triggering the conditional reading include CCs or negative polarity items in the antecedent, as well as the broader discourse context or world knowledge. Peer Reviewed

     
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    Other subjects: conditional conjunction; conditionals; Mandarin Chinese; (non)veridicality; scalarity; Sprache; Literatur (Belletristik) und Rhetorik
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (12 Seiten)
  3. The elastic nonveridicality property of indicative conditionals
    Author: Liu, Mingya
    Published: 2019
    Publisher:  Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin

    Indicative conditionals are known to have the semantic property of nonveridicality, that is, they do not entail the truth of the antecedent. In this paper, I argue that the nonveridicality property of indicative conditionals is elastic in that it can... more

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    Indicative conditionals are known to have the semantic property of nonveridicality, that is, they do not entail the truth of the antecedent. In this paper, I argue that the nonveridicality property of indicative conditionals is elastic in that it can be affected by the choice of conditional connectives and negative polarity items. Two experiments are reported, one on German and the other on English. They show that in both languages, the presence of negative polarity items conveys a weakened speaker commitment towards the antecedent, although there is cross-linguistic variation concerning the effect of conditional connectives. Peer Reviewed

     
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    Other subjects: indicative conditionals; nonveridicality; speaker commitment; conditional connective; negative polarity item; Sprache; Literatur (Belletristik) und Rhetorik
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (10 Seiten)
  4. Projective Meaning in Mandarin Chinese
    A Case Study Approach
    Author: Liu, Mingya
    Published: 2024
    Publisher:  de Gruyter Mouton, Berlin

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  5. Linguistische Berichte Heft 276
    Author: Fuhrhop, Nanna; Reinken, Niklas; Romstadt, Jonas; Schwab, Juliane; Mueller, Jutta L.; Liu, Mingya; Ellsäßer, Sophie; Kubus, Okan; Müller, Horst M.
    Published: 2023
    Publisher:  Buske, H, Hamburg

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    Contributor: Steinbach, Markus (Herausgeber); Meister, Nina-Kristin (Herausgeber); Grewendorf, Günther (Herausgeber); Stechow, Arnim von (Herausgeber)
    Language: English; German
    Media type: Book
    Format: Print
    ISBN: 9783967692846; 3967692841
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    Edition: 1. Auflage
    Series: Linguistische Berichte ; 276
    Other subjects: (Produktform)Paperback / softback; Linguistik; Sprachwissenschaft; Syntax; Semantik; (VLB-WN)1561: Hardcover, Softcover / Sprachwissenschaft, Literaturwissenschaft/Allgemeine und Vergleichende Sprachwissenschaft; (BISAC Subject Heading)LIT020000; (BISAC Subject Heading)LAN009020
    Scope: 121 Seiten, 23.5 cm x 15.5 cm, 225 g
  6. Online comprehension of conditionals in context: A self-paced reading study on wenn (‘if’) versus nur wenn (‘only if’) in German
    Author: Barthel, Mathias; Tomasello, Rosario; Liu, Mingya
    Published: 2022
    Publisher:  Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

    Comprehending conditional statements is fundamental for hypothetical reasoning about situations. However, the online comprehension of conditional statements containing different conditional connectives is still debated. We report two self-paced... more

     

    Comprehending conditional statements is fundamental for hypothetical reasoning about situations. However, the online comprehension of conditional statements containing different conditional connectives is still debated. We report two self-paced reading experiments on German conditionals presenting the conditional connectives wenn (‘if’) and nur wenn (‘only if’) in identical discourse contexts. In Experiment 1, participants read a conditional sentence followed by the confirmed antecedent p and the confirmed or negated consequent q. The final, critical sentence was presented word by word and contained a positive or negative quantifier (ein/kein ‘one/no’). Reading times of the two quantifiers did not differ between the two conditional connectives. In Experiment 2, presenting a negated antecedent, reading times for the critical positive quantifier (ein) did not differ between conditional connectives, while reading times for the negative quantifier (kein) were shorter for nur wenn than for wenn. The results show that comprehenders form distinct predictions about discourse continuations due to differences in the lexical semantics of the tested conditional connectives, shedding light on the role of conditional connectives in the online interpretation of conditionals in general. ; Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft ; Peer Reviewed

     
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    Source: BASE Selection for Comparative Literature
    Language: English
    Media type: Article (journal)
    Format: Online
    DDC Categories: 800; 400
    Subjects: conditional connectives; conditionals; German; predictive processing; self-paced reading
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    (CC BY 4.0) Attribution 4.0 International ; creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
  7. Jiu-conditionals in Mandarin Chinese: thoughts on a uniform pragmatic analysis of Mandarin conditional constructions
    Author: Liu, Mingya; Wang, Yuting
    Published: 2022
    Publisher:  Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

    Conditionals in Mandarin can be expressed by conjunctive sentences with no overt conditional connective (Type 1: P, Q) or with a conditional connective (CC) in the antecedent (Type 2: CC P, Q) and/or a conditional particle (CP) in the consequent... more

     

    Conditionals in Mandarin can be expressed by conjunctive sentences with no overt conditional connective (Type 1: P, Q) or with a conditional connective (CC) in the antecedent (Type 2: CC P, Q) and/or a conditional particle (CP) in the consequent (Type 3: (CC) P, CP Q). In this paper, we focus on jiu-conditionals (Type 3) without CCs. We assume that jiu in Mandarin is ambiguous between jiu 1 (unstressed, nonexclusive, left associating) and jiu 2 (stressed, exclusive, right associating), and that jiu-conditionals involve jiu 1 without exclusive force. We argue against a conditional conjunction analysis of jiu-conditionals and for a scalar analysis of jiu in conditionals as well as in temporal or spatial use. Furthermore, we present what we believe is the first uniform pragmatic account of Mandarin conditional constructions across Types 1–3: it is the subjective (non)veridicality property of the first clause P that determines the reading of the sentence P, Q. If P is entailed or presupposed, we get a conjunctive reading; if P is not entailed or presupposed, that is, if it is nonveridical, we get a conditional reading. Devices triggering the conditional reading include CCs or negative polarity items in the antecedent, as well as the broader discourse context or world knowledge. ; Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft ; Peer Reviewed

     
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    Source: BASE Selection for Comparative Literature
    Language: English
    Media type: Article (journal)
    Format: Online
    DDC Categories: 800; 400
    Subjects: conditional conjunction; conditionals; Mandarin Chinese; (non)veridicality; scalarity
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    (CC BY 4.0) Attribution 4.0 International ; creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
  8. The elastic nonveridicality property of indicative conditionals
    Author: Liu, Mingya
    Published: 2019
    Publisher:  Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

    Indicative conditionals are known to have the semantic property of nonveridicality, that is, they do not entail the truth of the antecedent. In this paper, I argue that the nonveridicality property of indicative conditionals is elastic in that it can... more

     

    Indicative conditionals are known to have the semantic property of nonveridicality, that is, they do not entail the truth of the antecedent. In this paper, I argue that the nonveridicality property of indicative conditionals is elastic in that it can be affected by the choice of conditional connectives and negative polarity items. Two experiments are reported, one on German and the other on English. They show that in both languages, the presence of negative polarity items conveys a weakened speaker commitment towards the antecedent, although there is cross-linguistic variation concerning the effect of conditional connectives. ; Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft ; Peer Reviewed

     
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    Source: BASE Selection for Comparative Literature
    Language: English
    Media type: Article (journal)
    Format: Online
    DDC Categories: 800; 400
    Subjects: indicative conditionals; nonveridicality; speaker commitment; conditional connective; negative polarity item
    Rights:

    (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International ; creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/