Questions tagged [presupposition]
a proposition that must be true in order for another statement to make sense, or is taken for granted as a background assumption in another statement. E.g. the sentence "I find it great that John propsed to Mary" comes with the presupposition that "John proposed to Mary".
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What counts as a factive verb in terms of presupposition triggers?
Though words like knew or realised are commonly know factive verbs that trigger presupposition. Does verbs like enjoyed, paid, looking forward, commended and delighted also count as factive verbs ...
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Quantifier clause in Heim's presupposition theory
there is a point in a paper by Irene Heim related to problems with presuppositions in complex sentences that I do not properly get. The article is the following: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10....
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Know and Factivity
Consider the following sentence:
(1) I don't know that John kissed Mary.
When I assert this sentence, am I contradicting myself? The reason is as follows: following Stalnaker's view on the factivity ...
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Can an indefinite article trigger a presupposition?
One presupposition trigger is the definite article. Can an indefinite article trigger a presupposition?
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What triggers the presuppositions in these sentences?
I am working with these two sentences:
Alex stopped playing the piano.
What I concluded is that the sentence presupposes that Alex had previously played the piano. But why does the ...
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