Sven Lauer
Biographic Data
| ID | 9013671 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sven Lauer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sven |
| FAMILY NAME | Lauer |
| SIGNATURE | LAUER S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Konstanz |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7412-7598 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
What if, and when? Conditionals, tense, and branching time
Indicative conditionals with present tense antecedents can have ‘shifted’ readings that are unexpected given the semantic behavior of the tenses outside of conditionals. In this paper, we compare two accounts of this phenomenon due to Kaufmann (J Semant 22(3):231–280, 2005) and Schulz (SALT XVIII, pp. 694–710, 2008), by reconstructing them in the framework of branching time. We then propose a novel account of indicative conditionals based on the …
Causal necessity, causal sufficiency, and the implications of causative verbs
Against past analyses, we propose that natural language causatives do not universally encode a single, unanalyzable bringing about meaning like Dowty’s (1979) CAUSE, but instead draw on an inventory of contrasting causal dependency relations. To illustrate this claim, we focus on the English causative verbs make and cause. We point out a number of differences in their inferential profiles, and argue that these follow from the fact that cause asse…
Anankastic conditionals are just conditionals
Since Sæbø (1985, 2001) drew the attention of formal semanticists to the compositionality problems raised by anankastic conditionals like If you want to go to Harlem, you have to take the A train, a number of authors have proposed analyses tailor-made for such conditionals. We demonstrate that the seemingly puzzling properties of anankastic conditionals in fact show up independently from each other within a wider range of conditionals, which we c…
Economic Inequality In and Outside of Marriage: Individual Resources and Institutional Context
Using cross-nationally comparative data from 15 country contexts, we focus on economic inequality at the national-level and its direct and moderating effects on the likelihood of couples having equal versus unequal arrangements for managing money. Confirming earlier research and theory, we find that the gendered context matters. Our results also show that the overall level of economic inequality in a country shapes the likelihood of having equal …
Economic Inequality In and Outside of Marriage: Individual Resources and Institutional Context
Using cross-nationally comparative data from 15 country contexts, we focus on economic inequality at the national-level and its direct and moderating effects on the likelihood of couples having equal versus unequal arrangements for managing money. Confirming earlier research and theory, we find that the gendered context matters. Our results also show that the overall level of economic inequality in a country shapes the likelihood of having equal …
Economic Inequality In and Outside of Marriage: Individual Resources and Institutional Context
Using cross-nationally comparative data from 15 country contexts, we focus on economic inequality at the national-level and its direct and moderating effects on the likelihood of couples having equal versus unequal arrangements for managing money. Confirming earlier research and theory, we find that the gendered context matters. Our results also show that the overall level of economic inequality in a country shapes the likelihood of having equal …
Anankastic conditionals are just conditionals
Since Sæbø (1985, 2001) drew the attention of formal semanticists to the compositionality problems raised by anankastic conditionals like If you want to go to Harlem, you have to take the A train, a number of authors have proposed analyses tailor-made for such conditionals. We demonstrate that the seemingly puzzling properties of anankastic conditionals in fact show up independently from each other within a wider range of conditionals, which we c…
Causal necessity, causal sufficiency, and the implications of causative verbs
Against past analyses, we propose that natural language causatives do not universally encode a single, unanalyzable bringing about meaning like Dowty’s (1979) CAUSE, but instead draw on an inventory of contrasting causal dependency relations. To illustrate this claim, we focus on the English causative verbs make and cause. We point out a number of differences in their inferential profiles, and argue that these follow from the fact that cause asse…
What if, and when? Conditionals, tense, and branching time
Indicative conditionals with present tense antecedents can have ‘shifted’ readings that are unexpected given the semantic behavior of the tenses outside of conditionals. In this paper, we compare two accounts of this phenomenon due to Kaufmann (J Semant 22(3):231–280, 2005) and Schulz (SALT XVIII, pp. 694–710, 2008), by reconstructing them in the framework of branching time. We then propose a novel account of indicative conditionals based on the …
Computer Science (3 works) · Linguistics (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Artificial Intelligence (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Logic, Reasoning, and Knowledge (2 works) · Mathematics (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (2 works) · Advanced Algebra and Logic (1 works)