Mental models and pragmatics: the case of presuppositions
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Mental models and pragmatics: the case of presuppositions

Abstract

We ciaim mental models are a framework that allows to shed light on the phenomenon of presuppositions. A plan-based lexical representation for verbs, together with the effect of conversational implicatures that discharge possible mental models, are the key features of this proposal.