Experimental Investigations of the Typology of Presupposition Triggers

The behaviour of presupposition triggers in human language has been extensively studied and given rise to many distinct theoretical proposals. One intuitively appealing way of characterising presupposition is to argue that it constitutes backgrounded meaning, which does not contribute to updating t...

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Main Authors: Chris Cummins, Patrícia Amaral, Napoleon Katsos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associazione Culturale Humana.Mente 2012-12-01
Series:Humana.Mente: Journal of Philosophical Studies
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Online Access:http://www.humanamente.eu/index.php/HM/article/view/160