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PRESUPPOSITION
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Whatthesyllabussaysabouttheexam:Finalexam/Researchpaper.Atake-homefinalexam(postedonthecoursewebsite),consBtuBng80%ofthefinalgrade.AllstudentshavetheopBonofsubsBtuBnga3000-to4500-worddouble-spacedresearchpaper(onanyrelevanttopic,approvedinadvance)forthefinalexam.Finalexams/papersaredueWednesday,August2ndat3:00p.m.andaretobeuploadedtothecoursewebsite.
We’llmaketheexamavailableonCanvasimmediatelyaOerFriday’sclass.
FIRST: A BIT OF BUSINESS
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• AbboP(2016)disBnguishestwotypesofuniqueness:• seman&cuniqueness(wherethere’s“atmostonething…intherelevantcontextorsituaBonwhichmatchesthatdescripBvecontent”)
• referen&aluniqueness(where“thespeakerintendstouseittorefertosomeparBcularenBty,and(crucially)expectstheaddresseetobeabletoidenBfythatveryintendedreferent”)
FINISHING UP DEFINITENESS
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• WhereasRussellianuniquenessisinherentlysemanBc,AbboP’stypesofuniquenessaren’tsostraighWorward:
• seman&cuniqueness(wherethere’s“atmostonething…intherelevantcontextorsituaBonwhichmatchesthatdescripBvecontent”)Ø ThisbuildsabitofpragmaBcsintoanotherwiseRussellianaccount.
• referen&aluniqueness(where“thespeakerintendstouseittorefertosomeparBcularenBty”andexpectsthehearertoidenBfyit)Ø ThisispurelypragmaBc.
FINISHING UP DEFINITENESS
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• ShearguesthatreferenBaluniquenessisthestrongestcontender• …butacknowledgesthatthereareproblemswithanysinglecriterion.
DEFINITENESS
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• ProblemswithreferenBaluniqueness:• ItstruggleswiththesameexamplesasRussellianuniquenessØ thesalt,thewindow,theelevator[whichfamiliaritycanhandle]Ø thehospital,thetrain,themountains[whichitcan’t]
• Andwe’rebacktothethornyissueof‘idenBty’
DEFINITENESS
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• Sothecontroversyrageson.• Solvedefiniteness,andyouwinatlife.YouwillbetheGrandMasterofAllThingsLinguisBc.FuturegeneraBonsofnon-naBveEnglishLanguageLearnerswillbowdownatyourfeetandpayhomage.
DEFINITENESS
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• TheanalysisofdefinitenessiscrucialtotheanalysisofpresupposiBon.
• Sincewehaven’tsolveddefiniteness,wealreadyknowwewon’tsolvepresupposiBon.
• Butfirst,whatispresupposiBon?
DEFINITENESS AND PRESUPPOSITION
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PRESUPPOSITION
• Obviousfact:SpeakersconstantlymakeassumpBonsaboutwhatinformaBontheyandtheirhearersshare.
• ThisisthebasisforallofpragmaBcs–deixis,anaphora,implicature,etc.• WhenanassumpBonaboutsharedinformaBonisencodedintheuPerance,it’scalledapresupposi&on.
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EXAMPLES
• Ihavetogohomeandwalkthedog.àIhaveadog.
• Haveyoustoppedsmoking?àYouusedtosmoke.
• IregretthatIbrokethevase.àIbrokethevase.
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A FEW PRESUPPOSITION TRIGGERS • DefiniteNPs:
Didyouseethebrokenheadlight?• FacBveverbs:
Iregret[know,realize,etc.]thatIbrokethevase.• Change-of-stateverbs:
Theicemelted.• CleOconstrucBons:
WhatkilledSmithwasapoisonedporkchop.
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TEST FOR PRESUPPOSITION: CONSTANCY UNDER NEGATION
• Idon’thavetogohomeandwalkthedog.àIhaveadog.
• Haven’tyoustoppedsmoking?àYouusedtosmoke.
• Idon’tregretthatIbrokethevase.àIbrokethevase.
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TEST FOR PRESUPPOSITION VS. TEST FOR ENTAILMENT
• Forentailment:Negatethedisputedpieceofmeaning;thewholethingbecomesfalse.IvotedforSmithàIvoted.IdidnotvoteàIdidnotvoteforSmith.
• ForpresupposiBon:Negatethewholething;thedisputedpieceofmeaningremainstrue.IregretthatIvotedforSmith.àIvotedforSmith.IdonotregretthatIvotedforSmith.àIvotedforSmith.
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TEST FOR PRESUPPOSITION VS. TEST FOR ENTAILMENT
• TheseteststreatpresupposiBonasasemanBcphenomenon,sincetheyarebasedontruth-condiBons.
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TEST FOR PRESUPPOSITION VS. TEST FOR ENTAILMENT
• SowhathappensifyoutrytheentailmenttestonapresupposiBon?a.TheKingofFranceisbaldpresupposesb.ThereisaKingofFrance
• Whathappenstothetruthof(a)if(b)isfalse?• Thisturnsouttobecontroversial.
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RUSSELL’S VIEW
• We’vealreadyseenthatforRussell,TheKingofFranceisbaldmeans,semanBcally,‘thereisoneandonlyoneKingofFranceandheisbald’: ∃x((K(x)˄∀y(K(y)→y=x))˄B(x))
• SoforRussell:1. PresupposiBonissemanBc.2. PresupposiBonsareentailed.3. IfthepresupposiBonisfalse,theenBresentenceisfalse.
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RUSSELL’S VIEW – TINY WRINKLE
• Unfortunately,(a)and(b)bothpresuppose(c)…a.TheKingofFranceisbald. b.TheKingofFranceisnotbald. c.ThereisaKingofFrance.
• …soforRussell,thefalsityof(c)entailsthatboth(a)and(b)arefalse…
• …whichinturn(vianegaBon’smeaning)meansboth(d)and(e)aretrue:
d.TheKingofFranceisnotbald. e.TheKingofFranceisbald.
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STRAWSON’S VIEW
• Strawsongetsaroundtheproblembysayingthatifthere’snoKingofFrance,TheKingofFranceisbaldlacksatruth-value.
• SoforStrawson:1. PresupposiBonissemanBc.2. IfthepresupposiBonisfalse,theenBresentenceisneithertruenorfalse.
3. “ThequesBonofwhetheritistrueorfalsesimplydoesn’tarise.”
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STRAWSON’S VIEW – TINY WRINKLE
• ThisrequiresthatweabandonabivalentsemanBcs–thatis,onethathasonlytwotruth-values(trueandfalse).
• Instead,weneedtoallowforathirdopBonthatallowsasentencetobeneithertruenorfalse.
• Thisgreatlycomplicatesatruth-condiBonalsemanBcs(i.e.,oneinwhichsemanBcmeaningisthatwhichaffectsthetruthofasentence).
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AN ALTERNATIVE: PERHAPS PRESUPPOSITION IS PRAGMATIC
• Inthisview,afalsepresupposiBonrendersthelargersentencecontextuallyinappropriate.
• Advantages:1. WecankeepabivalentsemanBcs.2. WeavoidthedirectcontradicBonRussellrunsinto.3. MakesintuiBvesense:Ifthere’snoKingofFrance,whyoneartharewediscussingwhetherheisbald?
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EVIDENCE FOR PRAGMATIC PRESUPPOSITION
• VariaBoninthestrengthofpresupposiBons:TheKingofFranceisbald.[true?false?noneoftheabove?]ClarahadlunchwiththeKingofFranceyesterday.[clearlyfalse]
• PresupposiBonsare(someBmes)defeasible/suspendable:Johnsighedbeforefinishinghissoup./Johndiedbeforefinishinghissoup.TheKingofFranceisn’tbald;thereisnoKingofFrance!TheKingofFrancelivesinParis,ifFrancehasaking.
• They’recontext-dependent(atonepoint,Francedidhaveaking)
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PRAGMATIC PRESUPPOSITION
• Inthisview,thepresupposiBoniswhat’stakentobecommonground,non-asserted,uncontroversial,mutuallyknown,‘given’,etc.(dependingontheresearcher).
• ThesenoBonsallinvolvespeakerintentandthusarequintessenBallypragmaBc.
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PRAGMATIC PRESUPPOSITION – TINY WRINKLE
• OOenwhat’spresupposedisn’tcommonground,mutuallyknown,etc…Ihavetogocallmydaughter.[daughterneedn’tbeknown]Itwasin1776thatIgnacyKrasickipublishedthefirstmodernPolishnovel…Weregretthattonight’sperformancewillbegin15minuteslate.
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ACCOMMODATION
• EnterLewis1979andhisnoBonofaccommoda&on.• LewisarguesthatthecurrentpresupposiBonsinadiscoursedependonearlierpresupposiBonspluswhateverhappensintheconversaBontoupdatethem.
• Thisismuchlikethescoreinbaseball,whichdependsonthepreviousscorepluswhateverhashappenedinthegamesincethen.
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ACCOMMODATION
• BysayingIhaveadaughter,IcanupdatetheconversaBonal‘score’.• ButIcanalsoupdateitbysimplypresupposingthatIhaveadaughter:
Ihavetogocallmydaughter.• ByacBngasthoughmydaughterweremutualknowledge,Icuethehearertoaddmydaughtertothediscoursemodelasmutualknowledge.
• “ConversaBonalscore[tends]toevolveinsuchawayas…tomakewhateveroccurscountascorrectplay.”
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ACCOMMODATION – TINY WRINKLE
• Whatcan’tbeaccommodated?• Ifwhatispresupposed=what’sinthecommonground,butwecanpresupposestuffthat’snotinthecommongroundbyaccommodaBngit,andtherearenoconstraintsonwhatwecanaccommodate,thewholenoBonofpresupposiBonbecomesvacuous.
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SO WE’RE STUCK
• ButnoBcethesimilaritybetweenourpresupposiBonproblemandourdefinitenessproblem:
• Inbothcases,it’shardtocomeupwithasingleworkabledefiniBon• Inbothcases,semanBcandpragmaBcopBonshavebeenproposed• Bothcasesinvolvetheissueof(assumed)mutualknowledge• DefinitenessactsasatriggerforpresupposiBon• Definitesaresimilarly‘rescued’byaccommodaBon(hugeoverlaphere)
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SO WE’RE STUCK
• Andagain,withdefiniteswerunupagainsttheburningquesBon: Whatcan–andwhatcannot–beaccommodated?
• Becauseifanythingcanbeaccommodated,anythingcanbedefinite,andthat’sclearlynotthecase: Hi,class.SorryI’mlate;Ihadtofeedthecat. Hi,class.SorryI’mlate;#Ihadtoeatthesandwich.
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RESOLVING PRESUPPOSITION
• Arewegoingtoresolveanyofthis?• Nope.• Oh,well.