Cultural presupposition refers to the default of relevant cultural factors shared by the author and his/her intended readers, which are fixed in the mind of its community, and are the presupposition for inference. In most cases, coherent interpretation involves cultural presupposition, which is the key ingredient to interpretation. Cultural presupposition merits the special notice of readers because it may substantially and systematically affect their interpretation of the facts and events in source texts without their knowing it. The writer ex...
