Actual Presupposition
Definition:
An actual presupposition is any potential presupposition that is not canceled by its context.
Examples:
(English)
The utterance John says that the king of France is bald has two potential presuppositions:
- There is someone identified as John.
- There is a king of France.
Of these two, only the presupposition that there is someone identified as John is an actual presupposition, because the second presupposition is reported.
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