Presupposition and Entailment

A ........ is something that the speaker assumes to be the case prior to making an utterance.

• Presupposition

• Entailment

An ....... is something that logically follows from what is asserted in the utterance.

• Presuppositon

• Entailment

Speakers, not sentences, have pre-suppositions.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Sentences, not speakers, have entailments.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Sentences have presuppositions, and speakers have entailments

• TRUE

• FALSE

Presupposition is more powerful than entailment.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Foreground entailment is more important than background entailment.

• TRUE

• FALSE

How many types of presupposition ?

• 4

• 5

• 6

• 7

The (a)   presupposition is the assumption of the existence of the entities named by the speaker. (CAPSLOCK ALL THE LETTERS)

The (a)   presupposition is the assumption that something is true due to the presence of some verbs such as : realize, regret, odd, glad, be aware,... (CAPSLOCK ALL THE LETTERS)