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Linglib.Phenomena.Presupposition.Basic

World type for the king example.

Two possible states:

  • kingExists: There is a (unique) king in this world
  • noKing: There is no king in this world
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      "The king exists" — a presuppositionless assertion.

      This sentence has:

      • No presupposition (trivially true)
      • Assertion: the king exists
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        "The king is bald" — presupposes king exists.

        This sentence has:

        • Presupposition: the king exists
        • Assertion: the king is bald (true when king exists)
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          "If the king exists, the king is bald" — using filtering implication.

          Demonstrates presupposition filtering: the antecedent's assertion satisfies the consequent's presupposition.

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            "If the king exists, the king is bald" has no presupposition.

            This demonstrates presupposition filtering.

            World type for factive verb examples.

            Models whether it's raining and whether John believes it.

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                "It's raining" — no presupposition.

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                  "John knows that it's raining" — factive presupposition.

                  Presupposes: it's raining Asserts: John believes it's raining

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                    World type for change-of-state examples.

                    Models John's smoking history.

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                        "John stopped smoking" — presupposes prior smoking.

                        Presupposes: John used to smoke Asserts: John no longer smokes

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                          "John smokes and he stopped" — contradiction via filtering conjunction.

                          Left conjunct: John smokes (no presup) Right conjunct: John stopped smoking (presupposes he used to smoke)

                          With filtering: left conjunct asserts smoking, right presupposes it was prior. This creates a pragmatically odd sentence (you can't currently smoke AND have stopped).

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                            Summary of projection patterns across connectives.

                            These capture the empirical generalizations from @cite{karttunen-1973}.

                            • name : String

                              Name of the pattern

                            • description : String

                              Description

                            • projects : Bool

                              Whether presupposition projects through

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