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A presupposition is an implicit assumption about the world that is taken for granted in discourse. Examples include questions that assume a previous action was done and statements that assume a previous state. Presuppositions must be mutually understood by speaker and listener. They generally remain assumptions whether a statement is asserted, denied, or questioned. Certain lexical items or grammatical structures called "triggers" cause presuppositions. Negating a statement does not change its presuppositio

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Erwin Malazzab

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