“…Nonprojection occurs when the contextual requirement of an embedded clause can be satisfied by a local context. A range of alternative, pragmatic accounts have been proposed (e.g., Abrusán, 2011;Atlas, 2005;Boër & Lycan, 1976;Chierchia & McConnell-Ginet, 2000;Kadmon, 2001;Karttunen & Peters, 1979;Kempson, 1975;Levinson, 1983;Simons, 2001Simons, , 2004Stalnaker, 1974;Wilson, 1975). All of these have argued that projection of the content of factive complements is due to general pragmatic considerations.…”