Asymmetries in Presupposition Projection: Processing and Acquisition
In this dissertation, I aim to provide novel evidence to shed light on the projection problem of presuppositions. The focus is on identifying the underlying patterns of how presuppositions project out of two binary connectives, if and or, by disentangling semantic presuppositions from additional pro...
Main Author: | Chen, Sherry Yong |
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Other Authors: | Aravind, Athulya |
Format: | Thesis |
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2023
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Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/147224 |
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