Presupposition Possible criterion: given an utterance U, the proposition p that is inferred by listener from both U and not U is a presupposition Example The king of france is bold The king of france is not bold From both sentences, the affirmation and the negation we infer that there is a king of francePresupposition • Possible criterion: given an utterance U, the proposition p that is inferred by listener from both U and not U is a presupposition • Example: • The king of France is bold. • The king of France is not bold. From both sentences, the affirmation and the negation, we infer that there is a king of France