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Auwera, Johan van der. 1979. Pragmatic presupposition: Shared beliefs in a theory of irrefutable meaning. In Oh, Choon-Kyu and David A. Dinneen, eds. Syntax and semantics 11: Presupposition. Academic Press. pp. 249–264.

Publication type

Article in book

Publication language

English

Keywords

irrefutable meaning | meaning theory | mutual knowledge | pragmatic presupposition | stating

Annotation

A. tries to refine the semantic theory of presupposition in terms of a more general theory of irrefutable meaning (which is defined as the kernal meaning which is both necessary and sufficient for an expression to qualify as an assertion).