Second language acquisition of focus-sensitive presupposition triggers in Persian and English, the case of ‘even’ and ‘hatta’

Speakers routinely consider certain background assumptions to be shared between the conversation participants. Such background assumptions are known as presuppositions. In languages, there are certain words or constructions that trigger presuppositions. This in-progress research explores second language (L2) acquisition of the presupposition trigger ‘even’ across English and Persian