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==The utterance "I want more milk for my tea!" has the following presuppostions:==
==The utterance "I want more milk for my tea!" has the following presuppostions:==


# Someone has tea.
# Someone is having tea.
# Someone already has milk in his/her tea.
# Someone already has put milk in his/her tea.
# This person doesn't like his/her tea with the amount of milk that is currently in the tea.
# This person doesn't like his/her tea with the amount of milk that is currently in the tea.
# He/She prefers more milk in his/her tea.
# He/She prefers more milk in his/her tea.

Revision as of 15:00, 4 February 2013

The utterance "I want more milk for my tea!" has the following presuppostions:

  1. Someone is having tea.
  2. Someone already has put milk in his/her tea.
  3. This person doesn't like his/her tea with the amount of milk that is currently in the tea.
  4. He/She prefers more milk in his/her tea.