<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default"><font face="georgia, serif">Dear all,</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="georgia, serif"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="georgia, serif">I hope this message finds you well.</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="georgia, serif"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="georgia, serif">As you know, counterfactual conditionals involve <b><u>polarity reversal</u></b>, that is, they involve a situation with the opposite polarity to
what is marked, as in the following examples:</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="georgia, serif"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="georgia, serif">1. If I had gone, I would have seen her </font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="georgia, serif">[I did not go, I did not see her]</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="georgia, serif"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="georgia, serif">2. If I hadn't gone, I would have not seen her.</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="georgia, serif">[I did go, I did see her]</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="georgia, serif"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="georgia, serif">Polarity reversal tends to be inferred</font><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"> </span><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">in counterfactual conditionals</span><font face="georgia, serif">, as in the examples shown above. </font><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">However, there are various languages in which polarity reversal must be explicitly indicated:</span></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="georgia, serif"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="georgia, serif">3. If I had gone, I would have seen her, (<b>BUT) I DID NOT (SEE HER)</b>. </font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="georgia, serif"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="georgia, serif">I have various hypotheses regarding why these languages may indicate explicitly polarity reversal in this type of construction. </font></div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="georgia, serif">I was wondering if you are aware of any studies that have explored this domain and/or any l</font><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">anguages that have this type of construction.</span></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="georgia, serif"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="georgia, serif">Thank you very much in advance!</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="georgia, serif"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="georgia, serif">Best,</font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">--</span><br></div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;color:rgb(33,33,33);margin:0px"><font face="AR CENA"><span style="font-size:14.6667px">Jesús Olguín Martínez</span></font></div><div style="color:rgb(33,33,33);font-family:wf_segoe-ui_normal,"Segoe UI","Segoe WP",Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont;font-size:15px;margin:0px"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="2"><span style="font-size:11pt"><font face="AR CENA">Ph.D. Candidate, Dept. of Linguistics</font></span></font></div><div style="color:rgb(33,33,33);font-family:wf_segoe-ui_normal,"Segoe UI","Segoe WP",Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont;font-size:15px;margin:0px"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="2"><span style="font-size:11pt"><font face="AR CENA"><i>University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB)</i></font></span></font></div><div style="color:rgb(33,33,33);font-family:wf_segoe-ui_normal,"Segoe UI","Segoe WP",Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont;font-size:15px;margin:0px"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="2"><span style="font-size:11pt"><font face="AR CENA"><a href="http://www.linguistics.ucsb.edu/people/jes%C3%BAs-olgu%C3%ADn-mart%C3%ADnez" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">http://www.linguistics.ucsb.edu/people/jesús-olguín-martínez</a></font></span></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>