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===Types of presuppositions===


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{The sentences in '''A''' presuppose the sentence '''B'''. Determine the type of presupposition.
|type="[]"}
| existential | factive | lexical | structural | non-factive | counterfactual
+----- '''A''': The fair boy shook his head. '''B''': There is a boy who is fair.
|| Definite NPs make an existential presupposition.
--+--- '''A''': I stopped eating meat. '''B''': I used to eat meat
|| The presupposition trigger is the word ''stop''.
---+-- '''A''': What movie did you end up watching last friday? '''B''': The addressee watched a movie last friday.
|| Wh-questions presuppose that there is an instance of what is being asked for.
--+-+- '''A''': I wish I wouldn't have eaten these delicious fries with extra ketchup, now I have to get changed. '''B''': The speaker has eaten these delicious fries with extra ketchup.
|| ''wish'' presupposes the non-factivity of its complement.
---+-+ '''A''': If I would not have eaten so much over the holidays I would still fit my favorite jeans. '''B''': The speaker has eaten so much over the holidays.
|| The counterfactual ''if'' clause structurally triggers that the negation of the proposition in the ''if'' clause is presupposed.
-++--- '''A''': Alex knew that Chris didn't call. '''B''': Chris didn't call.
|| ''know'' is a factive verb, i.e., the truth of its complement is presupposed.
---+-- '''A''': It was in the opera that I have lost my glasses. '''B''': I have lost my glasses somewhere.
|| In an''it''-cleft the truth of the ''that''-clause is structurally presupposed.
</quiz>


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Types of presuppositions

The sentences in A presuppose the sentence B. Determine the type of presupposition.

existential factive lexical structural non-factive counterfactual
A: The fair boy shook his head. B: There is a boy who is fair.
A: I stopped eating meat. B: I used to eat meat
A: What movie did you end up watching last friday? B: The addressee watched a movie last friday.
A: I wish I wouldn't have eaten these delicious fries with extra ketchup, now I have to get changed. B: The speaker has eaten these delicious fries with extra ketchup.
A: If I would not have eaten so much over the holidays I would still fit my favorite jeans. B: The speaker has eaten so much over the holidays.
A: Alex knew that Chris didn't call. B: Chris didn't call.
A: It was in the opera that I have lost my glasses. B: I have lost my glasses somewhere.


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