Comment to Women, Fire, Dangerous things
Lakoff, p. 148 “Let us consider a simple example of a presupposition. (a) I regret that Harry left. (b) I don’t regret that Harry left. (c) Harry left. Normally, the speaker who says (a) or its negation, (b), is taking (c) for granted. In the 1960s there were two alternatives available for trying to account…
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