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Given Versus New Information

Given Versus New Information

Given versus new information is a distinction between information that is assumed or supplied by the speaker and that which is presented for the first time.

The distinction between given and new information may affect the structure of clauses, sentences , and discourses .

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Source: Prince 1981

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

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Source: Crystal 1985

Crystal, David. 1985.A dictionary of linguistics and phonetics. 2nd edition. New York: Basil Blackwell.

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