Abstract Conditionals in Mandarin can be expressed by conjunctive sentences with no overt conditional connective (Type 1: P , Q ) or a (CC) the antecedent 2: CC and/or particle (CP) consequent 3: CP ). In this paper, we focus on jiu- conditionals 3) without CCs. We assume that jiu is ambiguous between 1 (unstressed, nonexclusive, left associating) and 2 (stressed, exclusive, right associating),...