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Presupposition Accommodation

Presupposition Accommodation is a pragmatic inference mechanism whereby a listener implicitly accepts and integrates an unstated background assumption into the discourse context to maintain conversational coherence.

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WHAT IS PRESUPPOSITION ACCOMMODATION, AGAIN?*

Kai von Fintel · Philosophical Perspectives · 2008 · 420 citations · Full text

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Presupposition and Accommodation in Update Semantics

Henk Zeevat · Journal of Semantics · 1992 · 278 citations

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Meaning and Context in Children's Understanding of Gradable Adjectives

Keith Syrett, Chris J. Kennedy, Jeffrey Lidz · Journal of Semantics · 2009 · 202 citations · Full text

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_??_Presumptive Meanings:The Theory of Generalized Conversational Implicature_??_

Stephen C. Levinson · Gengo kenkyu/Gengo kenkyū · 2001 · 188 citations · Full text

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<b>The limits to debate</b> : A revised theory of semantic presupposition. By Noel Burton-Roberts. (Cambridge studies in linguistics, 51.) Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1989. Pp. ix, 272. Cloth $42.50.

Rong Chen · Language · 1991 · 98 citations

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Authors

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  1. VT
    Vittorio Tantucci

    Lancaster University, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 58 citations

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  2. BR
    Bettina Rolke

    University of Tübingen, Germany

    2 publications · 103 citations

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  3. FD
    Filippo Domaneschi

    University of Genoa, Italy

    2 publications · 95 citations

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  4. IH
    Ingo Hertrich

    University of Tübingen, Germany

    2 publications · 103 citations

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  5. SB
    Sigrid Beck

    University of Tübingen, Germany

    2 publications · 103 citations

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Institutions

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  1. University of Edinburgh

    Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    104 citations

  2. Lancaster University

    Lancaster, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    58 citations

  3. University of Genoa

    Genoa, Italy

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    126 citations

  4. Carleton University

    Ottawa, Canada

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    93 citations

  5. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

    New Brunswick, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    202 citations

  6. Bridge University

    Juba, South Sudan

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    20 citations

  7. Tel Aviv University

    Tel Aviv, Israel

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    11 citations

  8. University of Massachusetts Amherst

    Amherst Center, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    64 citations

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  1. Philosophical Perspectives

    2 publications · 453 citations

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  2. Journal of Semantics

    2 publications · 480 citations

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  3. Linguistics and Philosophy

    2 publications · 98 citations

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  4. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

    Repository · 1 publications · 75 citations

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  5. Journal of Child Language

    1 publications · 15 citations

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