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Presuppositions refer to the assumptions in a message that the listener accepts as true in order to make sense of the whole message. For instance, in the statement, “The cow moos at the moon,” the following presuppositions are present: A.     The existence of an object known as cow B.      An attribute of the object cow- moos C.      The existence of an object known as moon D.     The object cow can moo at the object moon E.      The object cow is mooing at the object moon Listeners do not engage in this kind of linguistic analysis, and chances are that, when they hear the statement, “The cow moos at the moon,” the recipient of the message will easily accept all of the presuppositions listed above. In other words, the recipient of the message is predisposed to accept the message as valid and truthful. More examples (Only the most relevant presuppositions are included): 1. ...

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