2 Cooperation and Implicature.pptVIP

In fact, presuppositions are a technically one kind of entailments, but we call: Implications preserved under negation: Presuppositions. Implications not preserved under negation: Entailments. (3) Alex is a bachelor. means Alex is an unmarried man. Does this presuppose: (3p) Alex is male. ? Possible presupposition’s three tests. Negation: (3n) Alex is not a bachelor. Implies (3p) “Alex is male.”? Yes! Condition: (3c) If Alex is a bachelor, then… Implies (3p) “Alex is male.”? Yes! Question: (3q) Is Alex a bachelor? Implies (3p) “Alex is male.”? Yes! So, being a bachelor presupposes b