Interpreting conditionals: Cross-linguistic evidence for an asymmetry between perfected and biscuit readings

Conditional statements often convey meanings that go beyond their truth-conditional se-mantics. For instance, the standard conditional If you mow the lawn, I’ll give you €50 is frequently strengthen into a biconditional, “perfected” interpretation, whereby mowing the lawn is the only way to receive the money. By contrast, a biscuit conditional like If John is hungry, there is pizza in the oven conveys that there is pizza in the oven regardless of John’s hunger, with the if-clause merely establis