Sarah Boukendour / The perfect conditions

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Sarah Boukendour / The perfect conditions

Linguistics Friday, June 20, 2025 10:00 am - 12:30 pm Marie Mount Hall, 1108B

Friday June 20, Sarah Boukendour defends her 888: "The perfect conditions: How speech acts make or break biconditional inferences." The record-breaking six-person committee comprises her advisors, Valentine and Fabrizio, as well as Alexander, Aron, Omar and Paolo. Sarah will explain when and why an utterance of "If p then q" is understood to mean q is true, not only if p is, but only if it is, a strengthening known as Conditional Perfection.

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Friday June 20, Sarah Boukendour defends her 888: "The perfect conditions: How speech acts make or break biconditional inferences." The record-breaking six-person committee comprises her advisors, Valentine and Fabrizio, as well as Alexander, Aron, Omar and Paolo. Sarah will explain when and why an utterance of "If p then q" is understood to mean q is true, not only if p is, but only if it is, a strengthening known as Conditional Perfection.

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