@article{Chemla2007ExpPres, abstract = {Some theories (e.g., Beaver, 1994, 2001) assume that sentences with presupposition triggers in the scope of a quantifier carry an existential presupposition, as in (2), others (e.g., Heim, 1983 or Schlenker, 2008a,b) assume that they carry a universal presupposition, as in (3). (1) No student knows that he is lucky. (2) Existential presupposition: At least one student is lucky. (3) Universal presupposition: Every student is lucky. This work is an experimental investigation of this issue. In short, naive speakers were recruited to evaluate the robustness of the inference from (1) to (3). The first result is that presuppositions triggered from the scope of the quantifier No are universal. More importantly, the present results suggest that the presuppositions triggered from the scope of a given quantifier depend on the quantifier.}, author = {Emmanuel Chemla}, date-added = {2009-11-23 19:18:51 +0100}, doi = {10.1007/s11050-009-9043-9}, journal = {Natural Language Semantics}, keywords = {projection}, number = {4}, pages = {299--340}, read = {No}, title = {{Presuppositions of quantified sentences: experimental data}}, url = {http://www.emmanuel.chemla.free.fr/Material/Pres-Exp.pdf}, url_more = {http://osf.io/x5qa2}, url_poster = {http://www.emmanuel.chemla.free.fr/Material/PosterOSU.pdf}, volume = {17}, year = {2009}, bdsk-url-1 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11050-009-9043-9}}