Comparative Concept: hypothetical (sem)
Extracted from the appendix of Morphosyntax: Constructions of the World's Languages, by William Croft (2022)
hypothetical (sem)
| Typ | meaning |
|---|---|
| Alias(se) | hypothetical • non-factive |
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a superordinate category covering any epistemic stance apart from positive epistemic stance – in particular, neutral and negative epistemic stances. Examples: If she comes, I will come too (neutral epistemic stance) and If she had come, I would have come too (negative epistemic stance) are both instances of situations construed by the speaker as hypothetical. (Section 17.3.1)