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Linglib.Theories.Semantics.Presupposition.TonhauserDerivation

SCF (Strong Contextual Felicity) in local context terms.

A trigger has SCF=yes iff its projective content MUST be entailed by the global context for felicitous use. Accommodation is blocked.

In Schlenker's terms: the local context at matrix level IS the global context, and the presupposition must be entailed (not just "could be accommodated").

This is a marker structure. The constraint that accommodation is blocked is a property of the trigger class, not derivable from the content alone. Full derivation requires connecting to Accommodation.AccommodationOK and trigger-specific constraints (anaphoric binding, salience, etc.).

  • content : BProp W

    The projective content that must be established

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    SCF=no means accommodation is ALLOWED.

    The projective content can be informative — it can update the context rather than being required to already hold.

    Witness: there exist non-empty contexts where the content is NOT entailed yet the trigger's use is still felicitous (via accommodation).

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      OLE (Obligatory Local Effect) in local context terms.

      OLE=yes means: under belief embedding, the local context is the attitude holder's belief state. The projective content is attributed to the holder.

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        OLE=no means: under belief embedding, the projective content is still evaluated relative to the speaker's (global) context, not the holder's beliefs.

        Formally: there exist doxastic contexts where the content holds globally but NOT in the attitude holder's beliefs. The content is "speaker-anchored" — it does not shift under belief embedding.

        Class B triggers (expressives) and Class D triggers exhibit this behavior.

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          Main Theorem 1: Local context at matrix position = global context.

          This is the foundation for SCF: in unembedded sentences, the local context is just the global context C.

          Main Theorem 2: Local context under belief = attitude holder's beliefs.

          This is the foundation for OLE=yes: under belief embedding, the local context is determined by the attitude holder's doxastic state.

          Projection Theorem 1: Presuppositions project from negation.

          "not pp'" has local context = global context at pp'. Therefore pp' projects (unless globally entailed).

          Projection Theorem 2: Conditionals filter consequent presuppositions.

          "if p then qq'" — if p.assertion entails q.presup, it's filtered.

          Projection Theorem 3: Belief embedding creates attitude-holder context.

          Under "x believes φ", the local context at φ is x's belief state. This derives OLE=yes behavior.