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• ∂<br />

Informative pps and ∂<br />

• Strictly speaking, φ is informative ⇒ φ cannot be presupposed by<br />

any proposition that the hearer admits (= thinks possible).<br />

If shr ♦ ψ and ψ pp φ, then shr ✷ φ , but shr ✷ φ (since the pp is<br />

informative).<br />

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