Principles of presupposition in development by Aravind, Athulya, Fox, Danny, Hackl, Martin

“…Abstract This paper brings a developmental perspective to the discussion of a longstanding issue surrounding the proper characterization of presuppositions. On an influential view (Stalnaker in Synthese 22(1–2):272–289, 1970; Stalnaker, in Milton, Unger (eds) Semantics and philosophy, New York University Press, New York, 1974; Karttunen in Theor Linguist 1:181–194, 1974), formal presuppositions reflect admittance conditions: an utterance of a sentence which presupposes p is admitted by a conversational context c only if p is common ground in c. …”
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Asymmetries in Presupposition Projection: Processing and Acquisition by Chen, Sherry Yong

“…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 processes. …”
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Against a unified treatment of obligatory presupposition trigger effects by Aravind, Athulya, Hackl, Martin

“…<jats:p>This paper examines bi-sentential sequences where additive presupposition triggers (e.g. too, again) seem to be obligatory in the second sentence. …”
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Modality and Time in Logical Context by Staniszewski, Frank

“…The test requires a negative presupposition trigger, like 'no longer', which creates a downward-entailing environment in which strengthening need not apply, but which also triggers an upward-entailing presupposition, in which the basic existential meaning can be revealed. …”
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