Presupposition Denial
Presupposition Denial
A presupposition denial is a noncontradictory negation of a presupposition in a clause by an assertion in another clause.
In the utterance John doesn’t regret doing a useless Ph.D., because, in fact, he never did do one, the presupposition "John did a useless Ph.D." is denied by the second clause.
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Source: Levinson 1983
Levinson, Stephen C. 1983.Pragmatics. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University.
Related terms
- RT⇆ Presupposition
