Exercise Types of Presuppositions

The following material is an adapted form of material created by student participants of the project e-Learning Resources for Semantics (e-LRS).
Involved participants: Katharina, Caterina, Daniela, Eva

Types of presuppositions

You will now read a short extract and a few sentences. Since you have certainly read read all about presuppositions and their types (see the examples on the wikipage of Group 3) can you figure out where those presuppositions are and what type they are?

existential	factive	lexical	structural	Non- factive	Counterfactual
						Where is the man with the megaphone? The fair boy shook his head. This is an island. At least I think it‘s an island. That‘s a reef out in the sea. Perhaps there aren‘t any grownups anywhere. (Source: Wiliam Golding, Lord of the flies, p.7/8)
						I used to eat meat on a regular basis but since my sister works on a dairy farm I quit eating meet again.
						What movie did you end up watching last friday?
						I wish I wouldn't have eaten these delicious fries with extra ketchup, now I have to get changed.
						If I would not have eaten so much over the holidays I would still fit my favorite jeans.
						Tomorrow in a week is our 4th anniversary.

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