A default logic approach to the derivation of natural language presuppositions

A hearer's interpretation of the meaning of an utterance consists of more than what is conveyed by just the sentence itself. Other parts of the meaning are produced as inferences from three knowledge sources: the sentence itself, knowledge about the world, and knowledge about language use. One...

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Main Author: Mercer, Robert Ernest
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2010
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/27457