piñón: another look at the actuality entailment of certain modal verbs

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I argue for a pragmatic account based on abduction of the actuality entailment of certain modal verbs, in contrast to previous semantic accounts.

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Handout, Genericity: Interpretation and Uses, Paris, 11–13 May 2009. (My talk was on 11 May 2009.)
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piñón: another look at the actuality entailment of certain modal verbs
last updated on 20 may 2013
christopher piñón

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