Definition
An alternative relation is an interpropositional relation in which at least one of the connected propositions is held to be true, but not necessarily, or perhaps not even possibly, all of them.
Examples
(English)
- or
- alternatively
- on the other hand (some uses)
Kinds
More specific concepts within alternative relation.
Sources 3
- Beekman, Callow, and Kopesec 1981, 83–84
- Longacre 1983, 91
- Halliday and Hasan 1976, 246–247