TY - JOUR AU - Zhu, Hanzhi PY - 2019/08/06 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Even though as even if JF - Proceedings of Sinn und Bedeutung JA - SuB VL - 23 IS - 2 SE - Articles DO - 10.18148/sub/2019.v23i2.625 UR - https://ojs.ub.uni-konstanz.de/sub/index.php/sub/article/view/625 SP - 479-488 AB - <p>In this paper, I propose a new semantics for <em>although</em>/<em>even </em><em>though</em>. My proposal makes use of the scalar likelihood presupposition of <em>even</em>, and I argue that the concessivity of <em>although </em>comes from scalar likelihood comparison of two conditional propositions. I present both formal and empirical advantages of such an account.</p> ER -