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III. The Category of Presupposition

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  The above / the above formulated factual information is extended by… / is complemented by a number of facts relevant in terms of the category of presupposition which require a certain amount of background knowledge on the part of the reader.
  
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  There are some facts in the text that are relevant in terms of the category of presupposition and broaden the volume of the factual information.
  
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  The factual information of the text is not confined to the facts described / summed up above. It is enriched by a certain amount of background information which comprises two different groups of facts:
  

1. facts of general socio-historical significance, usually references to some facts of historical, social, cultural, political, ideological, economic life of the society described, of some national customs and traditions etc.;
2. allusions to the works of world literature, including ancient mythology and the Bible and/or references to their characters (personages).

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  The reader is expected to be aware of these facts to fully comprehend, appreciate, evaluate and assess a work of verbal art, e.g. in the 2nd physical paragraph the author implicitly refers to the historical event which the reader is expected to know…; in the 9^th physical paragraph another manifestation of the category of presupposition is observed, namely, the Biblical allusion to …
  

IV. The Conceptual Information

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  Now that the factual information has been summarized, it should be pointed out that the category of informativity is not confined to this type of information only. It also comprises the conceptual information that is deduced from the text as a whole and makes up the author’s artistic message.
  
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  In my opinion / from my point of view / to my mind / as I see it the conceptual information of the present text is as follows / can be formulated in the following way …
  
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  Before we start analyzing the text in terms of the category of implication, I find it necessary to formulate the conceptual information of the text.