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In 24 new chapters from an international team of experts, the Handbook explores how language shapes, and is shaped by, social and political factors. The volume provides a broad expert introduction to the major issues currently under discussion in this rapidly growing area.

Despite its small stature, "if" occupies a central place both in everyday language and the philosophical lexicon. In allowing us to talk about hypothetical situations, "if" raises a host of thorny philosophical puzzles about language and logic. Addressing them requires tools from linguistics, logic, probability theory, and metaphysics. Justin Khoo uses these tools to navigate a maze of interconnected issues about conditionals, some of which in...

In 24 new chapters from an international team of experts, the Handbook explores how language shapes, and is shaped by, social and political factors. The volume provides a broad expert introduction to the major issues currently under discussion in this rapidly growing area.