Analysis of presupposition triggers in Mandarin and their use in Chinese official media discourse KU Leuven
The notion of presupposition, as studied in the field of Pragmatics, refers to knowledge that is taken for granted by participants in the exchange of information (Grundy, 2000). Serving as a strategy for generating implicit meaning, presupposition becomes a potent tool for influencing audience understanding by converting evaluative information into background knowledge. This study examines how presuppositions are used in the Chinese official ...