@article{Berends_Kaufmann_2019, title={’Only’ and Monotonicity in Conditionals}, volume={13}, url={https://ojs.ub.uni-konstanz.de/sub/index.php/sub/article/view/498}, DOI={10.18148/sub/2009.v13i1.498}, abstractNote={<p>This paper proposes an account of the interpretation of ‘<em>only</em>’ in the antecedents of indicative conditionals. Our concern lies with the implication from a conditional of the form if (only ?), ? to its ‘<em>only</em>’ -less counterpart if ?, ?: when and why it is warranted. We argue that the pragmatic relationship of <em>scalar upward monotonicity</em> determines its availability. Two factors serve as license. First, it may arise by virtue of a language user’s pre-existing world knowledge. Second, it may manifest when it constitutes the most informative reading of the conditional available. We discuss one case in point; namely, its appearance when the consequent is desirable.</p>}, number={1}, journal={Proceedings of Sinn und Bedeutung}, author={Berends, Matthew and Kaufmann, Stefan}, year={2019}, month={Jul.}, pages={63–76} }