présupposition

Traductions

• anglais

  Auteur : Office québécois de la langue française, 1996

  Définition

  The presupposition of an assertion is a proposition that needs to be true for the assertion to be either true or false.

  Note :

  Similarly the presupposition of a question might be something that needs to be true for the question to be answerable. The study of presupposition is often considered part of pragmatics.

  Terme :

  1. presupposition