華語的「就算」條件句作為英語「even if」條件句的對應句型，至今在文獻中仍未受到太多關注，而本論文旨在為「就算」條件句提供一個語意和語用的分析。在形態句法上，「就算」條件句的特徵是位於句首的「就算」詞素，以及在後果子句（consequent）中的表附加性助詞（additive particle）——「也」或者「還是」。與文獻中的假設不同，本論文觀察到 「也」和「還是」並沒有辦法在「就算」條件句中任意的交替使用。具體而言，在「就算」句裡，「也」的使用可以被「還是」取代，但反之則未必然。而本研究的主要任務就是解釋 「也」和「還是」這兩個表附加性助詞，在「就算」條件句中交替使用的情況。
在論文裡，我提出可以用 Heim（1991）的「前設最大化」原則（Maximize Presupposition!）來解釋這兩個詞之間交替使用的情況。根據該理論，當兩個句子在給定的語境中都能如實地表達語意時，說話者應使用具有更強的前設（presupposition）的選項（alternative）來表達。本文透過假設「也」跟「還是」在前設方面，僅於量化（quantification）的強度上有所差異，來解釋了為什麼在「就算」條件句中，「還是」並不總是能被「也」取代。另外，論文也提到了當「也」可以在「就算」句中使用時，該「就算」句的選項集合（alternative set）中會出現一個被稱之為「縮減」(truncation)的機制，而該機制的發生取決於在給定的語境中，選項之間的關聯性。本論文也試著將上述的分析方法，引入對於「連...都/也」結構中，「都」和「也」之間交替使用的情況的分析。

This thesis aims to provide a compositional account for the Mandarin counterpart of English even-if-conditionals, which has not received much attention in the literature. Morpho-syntactically, the Mandarin counterpart of an English even-if-conditional is characterized with the morpheme jiusuan in sentence-initial position and an additive particle ye ‘also’ or haishi ‘still’ in the consequent. Contrary to what have been assumed in the literature, it is further observed that the two particles ye ‘also’ and haishi ‘still’ are not in free alternation. To be more specific, there are cases where haishi ‘still’ cannot be replaced with ye ‘also’; on the other hand, the presence of ye ‘also’ in this construction may be substituted for haishi ‘still’. Hence, the major task in this project to account for the alternation between ye ‘also’ and haishi ‘still’ in this construction.
In this thesis, I propose that the alternation between these two particles may be accounted for with Heim’s (1991) Maximize Presupposition!, according to which when two expressions may be truthfully used in a given context of utterance, the one with a stronger presupposition should be chosen. Assuming that ye ‘also’ and haishi ‘still’ merely differ in their quantificational strength in their presuppositional content, this accounts for why the use of haishi in this construction is not always replaceable with ye ‘also’. I further suggest that in the cases where the presence of ye is felicitous, there is a truncation of the alternative set which is subject to the relevance of each of the alternatives in a given context of utterance. Some further implications of this proposal are discussed as well, including a possible account for the alternation between dou ‘all’ and ye ‘also’ in the lian…dou/ye construction and a possible experimental design for the quantitative research of the jiusuan-conditional.

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