Glossary of Linguistic Terms

Predictable Information

Predictable Information

Predictable information is given information that the speaker assumes can be or could have been predicted by the addressee to occur in a particular position in the sentence.

Ellipsed material in utterances is predictable information.

Page/s: 226, 232
Source: Prince 1981

Prince, Ellen F. 1981. "Toward a taxonomy of given-new information." In Cole, P. 1981 223–255.

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