The semantics of "unless" conditionalsevidence from "unless" and disjunctive inferences

  1. García Madruga, Juan Antonio
  2. Carriedo López, Nuria
  3. Moreno Ríos, Sergio
Revista:
The Spanish Journal of Psychology

ISSN: 1138-7416

Año de publicación: 2011

Volumen: 14

Número: 2

Páginas: 569-579

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.5209/REV_SJOP.2011.V14.N2.5 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR

Otras publicaciones en: The Spanish Journal of Psychology

Información de financiación

This research was supported by the following grants: Spanish Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia BSO2003-02103 and PSI2008-00754/PSIC.

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