An Experimental Investigation of Presupposition Projection in Conditional Sentences  

Oleh:

Romoli, Jacopo ; Sudo, Yasutada

Jenis: Article from Proceeding
Dalam koleksi: Proceedings of the 21st Semantics and Linguistic Theory Conference, held at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey, May 20 - 22, 2011, page 592-608.
Topik: Presuppositions; Presupposition projection; Proviso problem; Conditionals
Fulltext: 592-608.pdf (544.67KB)

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Conditional sentences with a presupposition trigger in the consequent— if f, then yp—show peculiar projection properties. That is, the entire sentence suggests that p in some cases and that f ! p in other cases. We report on the results of two sentence-picture matching experiments that indicate that the perceived dependence of the presupposition p on the antecedent f affects which inference is made. The results are also used to compare two major theories of presupposition projection, and we argue that the theory that postulates f ! p as the presupposition of all conditional sentences explains the results more straightforwardly than its competitor.

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