What is an alternative relation?

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
	Here are some kinds of alternative relations:
	What is an ascertainment relation? What is an emphatic alternative relation? What is an exclusive alternative relation? What is an inclusive alternative relation?

Generic
	An alternative relation is a kind of
	What is an interpropositional relation?

Sources
	Beekman, Callow, and Kopesec 1981 83–84
	Longacre 1983:91
	Halliday and Hasan 1976:246–247

Context for this page:

Concept module: alternative relation
In overview module: Glossary (Linguistics): A
In modular book: Glossary of linguistic terms, by Eugene E. Loos (general editor), Susan Anderson (editor), Dwight H., Day, Jr. (editor), Paul C. Jordan (editor), and J. Douglas Wingate (editor)
In bookshelf: Linguistics

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