@article{Abusch2007, author = {Abusch, Dorit}, title = {Focus presuppositions}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-19663}, year = {2007}, abstract = {This paper reviews notions related to focus and presupposition and addresses the hypothesis that focus triggers an existential presupposition. Presupposition projection behavior in certain examples appears to favor a presuppositional analysis of focus. It is argued that these examples are open to a different analysis using givenness theory. Overall, the analysis favors a weak semantics for focus not including an existential presupposition.}, language = {en} }