Presuppositions and Pronouns - Nijmegen Centre for Semantics

The binding theory 49
Disjunction
'Anaphora':
Either Smith does not own any donkey or he beats it. (Geach 1962)
'Presupposition':
Either there is no king of France, or the king of France is in hiding.
(Soames 1979)
Either Jack has no children or all of Jack's children are bald.
(Karttunen 1973a)
Either Geraldine is not a Mormon or she has given up wearing her
holy underwear. (Karttunen 1973a)
Modal subordination
'Anaphora':
You must write a letter to your parents. It has to be sent by airmail.
(Karttunen 1976)
It's certain that you'll find a job, and it's conceivable that it will be a
good-paying one. (McCawley 1981)
'Presupposition':
It is possible that John has children and it is possible that his
children are away. (Gazdar 1979)
Possibly Boris killed Louis and possibly Boris regrets killing Louis.
(Gazdar 1979)
Hob-Nob sentences and related phenomena
'Anaphora':
Hob thinks a witch has blighted Bob's mare, and Nob wonders
whether she (the same witch) killed Cob's sow. (Geach 1967)
Tom expects to catch a fish and intends to fry it for dinner.
(McCawley 1981)
'Presupposition':
Bill believed that Fred had been beating his wife and Harry hoped
that Fred would stop beating her. (Gazdar 1979)
Bill believed that Fred had been beating his wife and hoped that
Fred would stop beating her. (Karttunen 1973a)