Mental Spaces in Relation to Reference, Presupposition and Inference

Abstract

The present work shows the importance of mental spaces in treating
problems of meaning when unified with presupposition and reference. It
also aims at supporting another area that is the area of inference postulating
a hypothesis that claims the success of mental spaces in interpreting
predicted inferences of listeners, just as they have succeeded in interpreting
presuppositions of the speakers about the knowledge of the listeners. The
study also investigates the extent of mental spaces processing within the
areas of reference, presupposition and inference studying spaces roles and
functions under conditions and varieties of each type. The study ends with a
set of conclusions.