The Factive-reported Distinction in English (Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM] Book 342) (Issn)

This study provides a cognitive-functional account of the factive presupposition in English.

This study offers a reconceptualization of the factive presupposition. It presents a cognitive-functional account based on three central features: the event structure of semantic classes of matrix predicates, the sources of modal stances in the complement clause, and the coercive potential of predicate-complement combinations. In this way the study complements the dominant formal pragmatic and formal syntactic theories on factivity.