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Clark, Herbert H. and Catherine R. Marshall. 1981. Definite reference and mutual knowledge. In Joshi, Aravind K., Bonnie L. Webber and Ivan A. Sag, eds. Elements of discourse understanding. Cambridge University Press. pp. 10–63.

Publication type

Article in book

Publication language

English

Keywords

definiteness | mutual knowledge

Annotation

What type of shared knowledge is needed for language use, and how is that shared knowledge assessed and secured in practice? These questions are discussed with special attention to the problem of definite reference.