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Publication details [#2197]

Clark, Herbert H. and Susan E. Haviland. 1977. Comprehension and the given-new contract. In Freedle, Roy O., ed. Discourse production and comprehension. Ablex Publishing Company. pp. 1–40.

Publication type

Article in book

Publication language

English

Keywords

comprehension | cooperation | given vs. new information, processing of

Person as a subject

Grice, P.H.

Annotation

A new aspect of Grice's cooperative principle, viz. the given-new contract, is illuminated. This 'contract' leads to the introduction of the given-new strategy for language comprehension. Linguistic and psychological evidence for both the contract and the strategy is reviewed.