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Strawson downward entailment: a standalone construct

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Semantics

weakened form of downward entailment that holds once presuppositions are granted, proposed to explain polarity licensing by words like only.

In semantics, Strawson downward entailment refers to weakened form of downward entailment that holds once presuppositions are granted, proposed to explain polarity licensing by words like only. This meaning comes from von Fintel (1999) in Journal of Semantics.[1]

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References

von Fintel, K. (1999). NPI licensing, Strawson entailment, and context dependency. Journal of Semantics, 16(2), 97-148. https://doi.org/10.1093/jos/16.2.97

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