A Review of Presupposition Research in China in the Past 30 Years

In the past 30 years,the research on presupposition in China has followed this course: first,it began with the translation and introduction of the western theories,and then switched to the independent exploration.The academic focus is on the study of its character,type,projection rule,functions,presupposition triggers and the methodology.The applied research involves the study on presupposition in Chinese language,and on presupposition functions and application in philological practice.Compared with the overseas study,there still remain some problems: 1) the theoretical study is lack of creativity and innovation,and the research horizon is narrow;2) the applied study "emphasizes general topics but neglects the specific ones",and "emphasizes foreign languages but ignores Chinese language".Still,the intent is weak of constructing the Chinese presupposition theory system,and the classification of Chinese presupposition triggers is not scientific.In addition,the general quality of the applied research in the philological practice of presupposition is not satisfactory;the reference to the speech act falls short,and lots of study is just simple repetition of the previous work.There still exists a phenomenon that the concept of "presupposition" is too extensive and abusive;3) the research methodology is backward.The future research focus should be on the construction of Chinese presupposition theory.The future research objective should be more detailed,deepened and scientific.